[tn-moths] Re: Yellow-headed Monopis Moth--an invader from Russia!
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- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:50:10 -0400 (EDT)
Yep. I have photos of this species from Knox Co, TN.
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, J. Merrill Lynch wrote:
Mothers,
I photographed a very distinctive micro last night that has an interesting
history according to Bugguide. The moth is the Yellow-headed Monopis Moth (
*Monopis pavlovskii*) 0418.1. First noticed as different from other Monopis
species by Bob Patterson in Maryland back in 1999, it was determined to have
been around for quite some time but unidentified. Turns out that this is a
Russian/Far east species that somehow made it to our shores and has been
recorded at various sites from New York to Florida. An attractive black and
white patterned micro, *Monopis pavlovskii* is yet another invasive that has
unknown consequences to our native moth fauna.
In case you're wondering the head has a very slight yellowish tint, hard to
see in this photograph.
Has anyone else out there seen this?
--
J. Merrill Lynch
Echo Valley Farm
Watauga County, NC
Elevation: 3,400 feet
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