[ncsc-moths] Re: Acleris headache
- From: "J. Merrill Lynch" <jmerrilllynch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:48:37 -0400
Bob,
Were they the same size? The first moth has a slight concavity along
the forewing costa, lacking on the second moth, so I think they are
different species. Your I.D. on the first looks good. Don't know
about the second.
Merrill
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Bob Perkins <perkybear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When I found the moth in the first image, identifying it as Acleris negundana
> (3/17/12), Speckled Acleris, made sense. I puzzled over the moth in the
> second image (4/1/12) before admitting, to myself at least, that it might
> also be A. negundana. The second moth looked darker to the naked eye than the
> photo shows. Comments please.
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> Woodlawn, Virginia
> Historian and General Outdoorsman
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J. Merrill Lynch
Echo Valley Farm
Watauga County, NC
Elevation: 3,400 feet
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