[ncsc-moths] Re: Are these both 6638 Eufidonia notataria?

  • From: Jackie Nelson <ephemeropterae@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:15:45 -0400

Thanks guys.  With White Pine quite abundant in our area, and Bob's
documentation of having one, I'll consider them ID'd.
Jackie

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Robert Perkins <perkybear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Jackie,
>
> Your lighter Eufidonia looks like the one I photographed on May 11 and
> decided, after spending time looking at the MPG and BugGuide, to list as
> Eufidonia notataria. Your darker specimen fits Covell's description for a
> male and the lighter one female. Covell also notes that the Powder Moth
> caterpillar feeds on white pine. I hope this info helps.
>
> Bob
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> On Jul 15, 2011, at 10:19 PM, Jackie Nelson wrote:
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> > Are both of these 6638 E – Eufidonia notataria – Powder Moth?   I
> photographed this beautiful moth back in May.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jackie
> > NW NC
> >
> >
> > <6638 E – Eufidonia notataria – Powder Moth.JPG><6638 E – Eufidonia
> notataria – Powder Moth UNSURE.JPG>
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> Bob Perkins
> Woodlawn, Virginia
> Historian and General Outdoorsman
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