[ncsc-moths] Re: Which Argyria, mother of pearl moth

  • From: Bb <birdranger248@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:15:08 -0400

Thanks merrill, i will post it to the nc moth website as such! LIFER!

Brian Bockhahn
Durham NC

On Aug 18, 2014, at 1:01 PM, "J. Merrill Lynch" <jmerrilllynch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Based on Bob Pattison's comment I think this should be considered A. 
> nummulalis unless there is a specimen that can be examined.
> 
> Merrill
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Brian Bockhahn <birdranger248@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> Is this 5460 A. nummulalis or 5462 A. rufisignella.  Both are on NC list.  I 
> wish I could have gotten a better photo.
> 
> Taken in middle of a savannah at Green Swamp Preserve, Brunswick county, NC, 
> August 14, 2014. 
> 
> From BG Bob patteson: http://bugguide.net/node/view/839596
> We have been calling these A. rufisignella in error, just pointed out to me 
> by Richard Brown at Miss. Entomol. Museum. A rufisignella lacks the 
> substantial brown edge along the inner margin. It has a few fine striations 
> along the costa near the apex (clearing lacking in this photo). It is also 
> quite uncommon to rare. All of the photos on the 5462 A. rufisignella page 
> should be moved to a 5460 Argyria nummulalis page.
> 
> Thanks!!
> 
> -- 
> Brian Bockhahn
> birdranger248@xxxxxxxxx
>  
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> J. Merrill Lynch
> Echo Valley Farm
> Watauga County, NC
> Elevation:  3,400 feet

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