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... males , 7 females ( 69.6 % male ) ultronia 73 males , 21 females ( 77.7 % male ) concumbens 11 males , 3 females ( 78.6 % male ) , or predominantly female , e.g .: ilia 109 males , 239 females ( 68.7 % female ) andromedae 2 males , 11 ...
... males , 7 females ( 69.6 % male ) ultronia 73 males , 21 females ( 77.7 % male ) concumbens 11 males , 3 females ( 78.6 % male ) , or predominantly female , e.g .: ilia 109 males , 239 females ( 68.7 % female ) andromedae 2 males , 11 ...
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... males when searching tree trunks for Catocala ( e.g. , French , 1886 ; also see chapter 3 , fig . 3.3 ) may have some sig- nificance with respect to the formation of searching images by predators . Males are generally regarded as the ...
... males when searching tree trunks for Catocala ( e.g. , French , 1886 ; also see chapter 3 , fig . 3.3 ) may have some sig- nificance with respect to the formation of searching images by predators . Males are generally regarded as the ...
Page 151
... males but overlook the differently ( and more effectively ) hidden females . Such a vul- nerability of males , serving to protect the females , would be akin to that postulated for the brightly plumaged males of sexually dimorphic birds ...
... males but overlook the differently ( and more effectively ) hidden females . Such a vul- nerability of males , serving to protect the females , would be akin to that postulated for the brightly plumaged males of sexually dimorphic birds ...
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abundance amatrix amica andromedae antinympha apex August bait basal dash behavior birds blackish shadings blandula briseis cara Carya Catocala Catocala species cerogama coccinata collectors concumbens connubialis crataegi crypsis cryptic dejecta Description Entomol epione female flebilis Florida and west forewing Franklin Franklin Co gracilis gray Grote grynea habilis head-down on tree Hessel Hickories Carya hindwing holotype Hulst HW black HW yellow-orange ilia individuals inner black band inner margin July lacrymosa Larval foodplants Lepidoptera Lepidopterist Leverett light-trap males Massachusetts mating melanic melanic form micronympha Mid-season to late Moth rests head-down neogama noctuid North Carolina Nova Scotia outer margin palaeogama pheromone phrynia pm line PMNH predators Range rare Reared relicta reniform retecta Robinson trap searching image Season Similar species sordida Southern Canada Ontario Southern New England specimens st lines Status Strecker T. D. Sargent TDS tree trunks ulalume ultronia Underside UNDERWING Plate unijuga usually West Hatfield west throughout area whitish