[tn-moths] Re: FW: Synchlora Aerata

Can anyone confirm this i.d. for Carol?

 

SJS

 

 

From: Carol Spiller [mailto:cjspiller924@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 9:27 AM
To: Stephen Stedman
Subject: Synchlora Aerata

 

Professor Stedman:   I have attached 2 pictures of a green moth (approx 3/8" wingspan) which I believe to be synchlora aerata.  It was first found on August 20, 2010, in my drawing room, on a curtain.  I documented its wingspan (Photo A) and released it the same day outside on top of a wooden post (Photo B).  We had recently planted black-eyed susans in our front garden, and we have always encouraged volunteer sunflowers.  I am speculating these may have been habitat for the caterpillars.  I do not have any photos of the caterpillars.   I hope this information adds to our knowledge of these moths.  I am a highly detailed colored pencil artist, and I am currently drawing this moth at a wingspan of 15-1/2".  I have drawn fritillaries, a tiger swallowtail, a painted lady, and a buckeye, all from photos taken in the vicinity of my home in the Coopertown area 30 miles north of Nashville in Middle Tennessee.   Thank you for verifying my identification and adding the information to whatever databases call for it.   Sincerely, Carol Spiller   P. S.  From 1979-1986, I was an assistant professor of English at Tennessee Tech University.  I am now an Adult Education Specialist at Veterans Upward Bound, a federally-funded grant project of the U. S. Department of Education, administered by Austin Peay State University.

 

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