[ncsc-moths] Re: Possible new moth for NC?
- From: Lori Owenby <loriowenby@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 06:54:26 -0500
Harry, I would have to agree with you on the id, though I am not an expert
either . . . .it is dead on to Mark Dreiling's
photo<http://bugguide.net/node/view/266959>which is backed up by DNA.
Cool find--you are one of the lucky ones to
actually be seeing something other than the winter trio (Toothed Phigalia
and both Cankerworms) right now!
Lori
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Harry Wilson <harrywilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I have posted about finding several micros lately, and I attached a copy of
> one that has come back again. I have attached a photo from last night that
> may help with the ID. As I have sifted through MPG and Bug Guide I think it
> may be Arla tenuicornis, 1905. The images posted at Bug Guide come from the
> following places on the dates indicated:
>
> Milton, Massachusetts, USA
> July 6, 2005
>
> Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
> April 17, 2009
>
> Ouachita National Forest, LeFlore County, Oklahoma, USA
> March 14, 2010
>
> DuPage County, Illinois, USA
> May 2, 2010
>
> I have also found a record for Washington state in 1931, Montana and
> California, so it could be much more widespread than the photographic
> records indicate. I checked BAMONA, but they have no records of the moth.
>
> This may be early for the moth, but with temps in the 60s here yesterday,
> who knows?
>
> As always, please check out the photo and correct me as needed. I always
> value your feedback.
>
> Harry Wilson
> Zebulon, NC
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Lori Owenby
St. Stephens/Riverbend Park Ranger
Catawba County Parks
Conover, NC
"The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue
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