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Kalobittacus demissus

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Field Notes

Description:

Male being about 13 mm mm in overall length with a wingspan of approximately 32 mm..

Habitat:

may be found in low, shaded, herbaceous
growth or grasses

Notes:

The male of kalobittacus inornatus has several similarities to males of Kalobittacus demissus, such as the large proctiger with a virtually dorsal opening and the two branches turned in nearly opposite directions, the simple aedeagus without a complete coil, and the low, spinose projection on the dorsal edge of each epindrial lobe.

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