Lois, Thank you for the suggestion. The reported range is certainly closer to NC, and the photos seem to match pretty well also. Harry -----Original Message----- >From: Lois Stacey <croakie@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Feb 18, 2011 8:10 PM >To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [ncsc-moths] Re: ID help, please > >How about Rhyacionia adana, Adana Pine tip Moth > >http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2877 > >Lois Stacey > >On 2/18/2011 7:54 PM, Harry Wilson wrote: >> Moth-ers, >> >> I have decided that moths should be required to carry identification with >> them. That way there will be some hope for me to maintain my sanity. >> >> Last night I took the attached photos, and many others, of a micro moth that >> is giving me a headache. One problem is that my sheet was not anchored as >> well as it should have been, so I had a constantly moving target. After >> searching through MPG and BugGuide, I believe that the closest match is an >> unlikely candidate, #2887.1,Rhyacionia duplana or Summer Shoot Moth/Elgin >> Shoot Moth. It resembles Tom Murrays photos from Groton MA at >> http://bugguide.net/node/view/382988 and >> http://www.pbase.com/image/123416460. This is a European and Asian moth that >> has been documented in the US only in MA, as far as I can tell. I have >> included information on host plants and distribution to show why I discount >> my tentative ID. I hope that someone may bring me back to my senses with a >> better, more logical, ID. >> >> Host plants: Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine), Pinus contorta var. latifolia >> (Shore Pine, a common tree in western North America), Pinus thunbergii >> (Japanese Black Pine, Japanese Pine, Black Pine – native to Japan and S. >> Korea), Picea sitchensis (Sitka Spruce – from AK down coast to n. CA). >> Distribution: Northern and Central Europe to Eastern Russia and Japan. Also >> recorded from Korea, but Byun et al., 1998, have not found any specimens. >> In the UK, this species is represented by the subspecies Rhyacionia duplana >> logaea , where it is also known as the Elgin shoot moth; in Japan the >> subspecies Rhyacionia duplana simulata Heinrich occurs. >> >> Harry Wilson >> Zebulon, NC > >-- >Lois Stacey >North Augusta, SC (Aiken Cnty) >www.augustaaikenaudubon.org >Find Augusta-Aiken Audubon on Facebook > >