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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