This is one of the most common species in Florida, particularly in wetlands.
1. Females....2
Males...3
2. Punctures of pleura distinctly separated; wings subhyaline or faintly infuscated; color green or coppery...A. pura pura
Pleura almost rugose, punctures fine and contiguous; wings quite uniformly pale brownish; color deep blue or purple (South Florida)...A. pura mosieri
3. Wings subhyaline or faintly infuscated; color green or coppery...A . pura pura
Wings uniformly pale brownish; color deep blue or bluish-green...A. pura mosieri
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Plants: Wedelia trilobata, Phytolacca americana, Psychotria sulzneri, Eugenia axillaris, Calyptranthes pallens, Myrcianthes fragrans, Metopium toxiferum, Tetrazygia bicolor, and Ardisia escallonioides (Pascarella, unpub. data and Pascarella 1997). Warea carteri, Oxypolis filiformis, Phytolacca rigida, Sida acuta, Rhus copallina var. Leucantha, Salix caroliniana, Hamelia patens, Sagittaria lancifolia, Bidens alba, Solidago stricta (Graenicher 1930). Bidens, Cattleya, Flaveria, Hamelia, Melaleuca, Psychotria, Salix, and Sida (Mitchell)
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