[tn-moths] Re: Current Tennessee State List
- From: Douglas Downs <douglas_downs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tn-Moths <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 21:04:16 -0500
Jean,
Will add 7394 to the state list. The ID seems rock solid. Hope you will get
your excellent pic in to BugGuide so that they can include it in their
collection. This will be a valuable addition to their range assessment for
this species.
Doug
From: innisfreehorses@xxxxxxxxxx
To: tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tn-moths] Re: Current Tennessee State List
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 21:43:17 -0400
Thank you for all your work. Sometimes I don't take
the time to research where or when the species is found.
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7394
This is what I used for Epirrhoe alternata. Attached is my
pic.
I will send a couple more in separate emails.
Jean Obrist
----- Original Message -----
From:
Douglas Downs
To: Tn-Moths
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:13
PM
Subject: [tn-moths] Current Tennessee
State List
To all,
Attached you will find the latest Tennessee
State Moth List, current as of 06-07-2011. Since the
last update of 03-24-2011, we have added 74 new species statewide, bringing
the state total to 1,712. Five (5) species
have been submitted that I have not included on the list pending further
verification. I do NOT consider myself a moth expert by any stretch of
the imagination, but the five withheld species present some logistical
problems (namely range) and probably need to be submitted to "higher
authorities" for absolute confirmation. I hope this approach is not
offensive and I am not trying to judge anyone's skills. My goal is
simply to keep the list as "clean" as possible.
Below is the list of
the five species in question and my reason for
concern. I do not know who submitted them (obviously it is nothing
personal), so please check them against your own personal lists. If you
have one of these "questionable five" in your collection, please let me know
how you went about identifying the species and what "authorities" you might
have consulted in the process. Also, if others on this listserv have a
problem with what I have done, please let me know. Again, my goal is not
to insult or assume any sort of "expert" role. I, too, am a learner in
this process and just want to keep our state list as accurate as
possible.
0976 - Ethmia semilugens
(Documented from Texas to California and north to Colorado and Utah)
3531 - Acleris hastiana (Documented only in Pennsylvania,
Washington, and Oregon)
5343 - Immaculate
Grass-veneer (Crambus perlellus) (Documented only in Northeastern US and
Canada to the Pacific)
7394 - White-banded
Toothed Carpet Moth (Epirrhoe alternata) (Documented onlt in Northeastern US
and Canada to the Pacific)
7830 - Tetrio Sphinx
(Pseudosphinx tetrio) (Documented exclusively in South
Florida)
Apologies for the long posting and thanks to all for their
ongoing dedication to the moths of Tennessee.
Doug Downs
Sparta,
White County, TN
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