I've been looking at Merrill's pictures to try and pin down some of my moths, at least to give me an area to look for those I have trouble with on MPG (I know they may not be the same as our habitats are so different). In doing that, Merrill has some species that I can't find on MPG, usually with a decimal and number after the Hodges number. My question is how to know these species/subspecies exist if they're not on MPG? The first pic below is the one that keyed me to this. On Merrill's page he has 9893.2 L. joannis. I can't find this on MPG or bugguide to compare pictures with mine to see if they match (it appears to match Merrill's fairly closely).
Second, I'm attaching a picture that I have tentatively identified as Roland's Sallow, 10014 – Psaphida rolandi . Any other suggestons?
Thanks. -- Lois Stacey North Augusta, SC (Aiken Cnty) www.augustaaikenaudubon.org Find Augusta-Aiken Audubon on Facebook
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