Automeris excreta female
Bill Oehlke writes, "When I first looked at this specimen, I thought
I was observing a wing tear or deformity. Upon closer examination
I noted a melding of the antemedian and postmedian lines near the
inner margin of the right forewing. If an injury to the pupa caused
the wing damage, I would expect the antemedian line, which seems well
inside the "damage" to be unaffected. In fact the rightside am line
seems significantly further from the body where it meets the pm line near the
inner margin."
Image courtesy of John Ciseski.
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