Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1199894

Crestar Sootywing
Pholisora crestar

Observation date: April 08, 2018
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Warm Clear Day cold morning time around noon when photo was taken, you know the location better than me. you took me there! Kern co.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: March 06, 2019
Coordinator notes: Nice individuals. This would be subspecies crestar-Ken Davenport Pholisora crestar was tested genomically since your submission and has turned out to be a different species than Pholisora catullus. Pholisora catullus also occurs in this county in the San Joaquin Valley...Ken Davenport
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Tulare County