This one is from last night and I'm guessing this must be a G. parthenice. http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/Moths%202011/Moths%202011%20temporary/IMG_3479.jpg http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/Moths%202011/Moths%202011%20temporary/IMG_3477.jpg http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/Moths%202011/Moths%202011%20temporary/IMG_3478.jpg Ken Childs Henderson, TN Chester County http://www.finishflagfarms.com >________________________________ >From: Hugh McGuinness <hdmcguinness@xxxxxxxxx> >To: tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:07 PM >Subject: [tn-moths] Re: Grammia > > >Greeting Tn--moth-ers, > >After having been kicked off Tn-moths for the 10th time, you may note that I >have signed up under a different e-mail account. Let's see if this one works. >The other e-mail still works for personal correspondence and is in fact >preferred. > >As for Ken's Arctiine, I believe that it is indeed Grammia, but neither virgo >nor parthenice. (There are simply too many radiating cream colored lines to >fit P nais in my experience.) The black trailing edge to the HW and the black >spot that is indented into it, as well as the triangular patch that does not >quite connect at the costa near the apex suggest phyllira, a moth I have never >seen. > >As for separating virgo from parthenice, I believe the only safe way to do so >is using the HW, which is spotted in the median area in virgo and unspotted in >parthenice. I also believe that virgo flies in early summer and that >parthenice flies in late summer (late Aug thru mid September here on Long >Island, NY). My guess is that it is still too early for virgo in TN. > >Hugh McGuinness > > > > >