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Photo #22271: Hypomecis roboraria

Male, черная форма (меланист)

Hypomecis roboraria

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Base gallery. Upperside. Alive insect.

Photo, and identified by: Vasiliy Feoktistov. Image without retouching at the website

Date and time, location shooting/catching: 2013-05-31 00:00:00, Russia, Moscow reg., Zheleznodorozhny city, light at night. leg. Feoktistov V.I.

Photographer's comment: A vivid example of the so-called "industrial melanism". This is when individuals take on an atypical black color due to an unfavorable environmental situation.

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