Observation date: October 04, 2023
Submitted by: bonfrey
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: October 12, 2023
Coordinator notes: Bonnie, I see why you suggested this might be leilia, and I think I need to adjust the description in BofNM to be more clear. The two dark bars in the DFW cell ostensibly comport with leilia, but the one closest to the thorax - which is 2 distinct spots on celtis - can sometimes (infrequently) have those 2 spots touching. which kind of blows up the main way to distinguish leilia from celtis. If we take that mark off the table, the DFW median white spots on yours are all substantial and form a smooth curve and so is definitely Hackberry Emperor; on Leilia, that line of white spots is more distorted and irregular, with one spot very small.
