Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Limoniidae ID ->Metalimnobia tenua/notata

Posted by JSalmela on 12-07-2011 07:52
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yes, it is Metalimnobia. Perhaps tenua, but this is not an identification! M. tenua is very similar to M. 4-notata; the best differences are in male hypopygium, especially in parameres (hypopygium should be KOH cleared if one wishes to have good identification). tenua is usually lighter colored than 4-notata, almost as light as bifasciata.

-Jukka Salmela