Hugh, The dashes are there but this moth is so dark that they're hard to see. I've heard from others that petulca and hemina are northern species that are occasionally found in the southern Appalachians but neither species should be found in west TN. Please let me know if that's wrong. Ken Childs Henderson, TN Chester County http://tinyurl.com/FinishFlagFarmsMoths http://www.finishflagfarms.com >________________________________ > From: Hugh McGuinness <hdmcguinness@xxxxxxxxx> >To: "ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Cc: TN-Moths <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 11:50 AM >Subject: [ncsc-moths] Re: Lithophane help needed > > > >Not sure why petulca isn't in the mix. And I think you can rule out patefacta >b/c of lack of dark claviform dashes. > >Hugh > > > > >On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 10:10 AM, kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >Another of those dark Lithophane sp. to frustrate my attempts at >identification. Is it L. patefacta or L. signosa or L. hemina or none of the >above? Came to bait on 2/19/2014. >> >> >>Ken Childs >> >>Henderson, TN >>Chester County >> >>http://tinyurl.com/FinishFlagFarmsMoths >>http://www.finishflagfarms.com >> > > >-- >Hugh McGuinness >Washington, D.C. > > >