C. mira or C. blandula

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C. mira or C. blandula

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I have these 8 specimens which I've collected over the past few years. I've gone back and forth thinking they were C. mira or C. blandula. Currently I am of the opinion that the majority are C. mira and at least the darkest one (bottom left in first photo) is C. blandula. Looking for input from others, what do you think?
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Re: C. mira or C. blandula

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I am no expert, and have had the same dilemma separating these two similar species. But if I had to guess, I would say all 8 of yours are mira. The way I attempt to differentiate these two species is that the am and pm lines on the forewings meet at the inner margin in blandula, while there is some seperation of am and pm lines at the inner margin in mira. In my photo, the top specimen you can see clear separation of am and pm lines at inner margin, thus mira. The bottom one I believe to be blandula as the lines appear to come together. I could be wrong, but this is how I attempt to label them.
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