I think unimoda is correct. By the way all of the pinions (Lithophane) emerge in the fall but wait until the first warm nights of late winter-early spring to mate. Baiting is much more effective for these moths than lights. J. Merrill Lynch Echo Valley Farm Watauga County, NC 3,400 feet elevation Sent from my iPad On Jan 7, 2012, at 9:31 PM, Bob Perkins <perkybear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Paul, > > Thank you for the lead. I have the host plant, black cherry, in the yard and, > according to what I found in BugGuide, the moth overwinters as an adult. I > looked at the specimens on the MPG, BugGuide, and BOLD sites, noting a fair > degree of variation in patterning. > > Bob > ---------------------- > On Jan 7, 2012, at 9:14 PM, Paul wrote: > >> I think it might be L. unimoda. Paul >> > > ------------------------ > Bob Perkins > Woodlawn, Virginia > Historian and General Outdoorsman > > > > >