[ncsc-moths] Moth Night at Roan Mountain State Park

  • From: Larry McDaniel <larrycmcd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tn-moths <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ncsc-moths <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 18:30:24 -0400

Forty people were on hand to enjoy "Moth Night" at Roan Mountain State Park 
in Carter County, TN on Friday, July 27, 2012. It was a part of Xtreme Roan 
Adventures, 
The Nature Rally for Kids. It was a fairly slow night for moths and we rapped 
it up by 10:30 pm. 
A list of what we observed follows.
 
Besma quercivoraria - Oak Besma - Hodges#6885
Caripeta divisata - Gray Spruce Looper - Hodges#6863 (photo, lifer) 
Clemensia albata - Little White Lichen Moth - Hodges#8098
Furcula borealis - White Furcula - Hodges#7936
Mythimna unipuncta - Armyworm - Hodges#10438
Panthea acronyctoides - Black Zigzag - Hodges#9177 (photo, lifer)
Scolecocampa liburna - Dead-Wood Borer Moth - Hodges#8514
Spilosoma congrua - Agreeable Tiger Moth - Hodges#8134
Tetanolita mynesalis - Smoky Tetanolita - Hodges#8366
Udea rubigalis - Celery Leaftier - Hodges#5079
Apantesis sp.
Crambidae sp.
Melanolophia sp. - maybe M. signataria - Signate Melanolophia - Hodges#6621
Pyralid sp. - maybe Pococera asperatella - Maple Webworm Moth - Hodges#5606
maybe Crambid Snout Moth sp.
Eribidae sp. - maybe Renia sp. (photo)
3 other moth spp.
 
Larry McDaniel
                                          

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