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 ID? Ukraine, Kharkov region, Zmiev district, Pershotravneve village, 2009-05-03. Thank you!

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 A female Choerades marginata or one of the related species. Choerades is not the genus I feel more confident with and even less in Ukraine Wink So, wait for Reinoud's opinion Smile
 
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 Thank you!
 
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 Seems to belong to the C. marginatus group of species. But the brownish hair of the scutum is remarkable.
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Quaedfliegh wrote:
Seems to belong to the C. marginatus group of species. But the brownish hair of the scutum is remarkable.


Thank you!
 
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