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Synecdoche grisea - No Common Name     ACHILIDAE Members: NC Records Public View


© Kyle Kittelberger

© Kyle Kittelberger

© Kyle Kittelberger- note facial pattern

© Kyle Kittelberger- note pattern

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description A grayish-brown species with many pale, sometimes incomplete cross veins on otherwise gray to blackish wings. The pronotum and head are yellowish-brown with orange and black markings. The face is pale and mostly concolorous, slightly mottled on the sides (darker brown with small black spots) with two pale dividing median lines. The underside of the thorax is pale yellowish while the underside of the abdomen is blackish.

See here for pics of a couple pinned specimens: UDEL and BG.

distribution Eastern United States and eastern Canada (UDEL)
abundance Recorded from a few counties in the mountains and Piedmont, rare.
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plant associates ?
behavior Can be attracted at night with a light.
comments Of the Synecdoche, this species may be the one that most looks like, and therefore could be confused with Catonia.
status [Native:] [Introduced:] [Extirpated:]
list_type [Official:] [Provisional:]
adult_id Unmistakable and widely known Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens
Identifiable from photos showing undersides, or other specialized views [e.g., legs, face]
Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis NULL
nymph_id Unmistakable and widely known Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants
Identifiable from close inspection of specimens or by DNA analysis
Identifiable only through rearing to adulthood NULL
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Species Photo Gallery for Synecdoche grisea No Common Name

Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Ashe Co.
Comment: photographed by K. Kittelberger; 5.9 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Ashe Co.
Comment: photographed by K. Kittelberger; 5.9 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Ashe Co.
Comment: photographed by K. Kittelberger; 5.9 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Ashe Co.
Comment: photographed by K. Kittelberger; 5.9 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Ashe Co.
Comment: photographed by K. Kittelberger; 5.9 mm
Photo by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51953283
Photo by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51953283
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Polk Co.
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Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Polk Co.
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Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Polk Co.
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Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Polk Co.
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Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Polk Co.
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