[tn-moths] Re: I.D. request
- From: Larry McDaniel <larrycmcd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-moths <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:19:23 -0400
Dean, That's good stuff. I think your probably right, but I need to research
this some more. Maybe some others will weigh in on this I.D. Thanks, Larry
> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:02:28 -0400
> From: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tn-moths] Re: I.D. request
>
>
> Larry,
>
> Like Merrill points out, the Eupithecias can be very difficult to
> tell apart by sight. But given the date and especially the somewhat
> long forewings, this looks like Eupithecia matheri (7509.1). There
> is difference in wing length between males and females and I often
> find longer- and shorter-winged ones at the same time. Later in
> spring I tend to find Eupithecia with shorter, more rounded forewings
> that I've tenatively called Commons. I've got some photos of E. matheri
> online at
>
> http://www-chaos.engr.utk.edu/~kde/leps/species/Geometridae/Larentiinae/7509.1/7509.1.html
>
> Also see James Adams' site (he confirmed mine a few years ago):
>
> http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/
>
> Dean Edwards
> Knoxville, TN
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, Larry McDaniel wrote:
>
> >
> > I sent these two to BugGuide I.D. Request.
> >
> >
> >
> > One may be Adana Tip Moth - Hodges#2877 (Rhyacionia adana) 3-18-10.
> >
> > One may be Common Eupithecia - Hodges#7474 (Eupithecia miserulata) 3-18-10.
> >
> >
> >
> > They came to my porch light in Johnson City, TN (Washington County).
> >
> >
> >
> > Larry McDaniel
> >
> >
> >
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