Ken, I went with fernaldana based on the maculation including the curved grayish bars on the forewings. Attached is a pic I took back on 10 August. Merrill On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 6:10 PM, kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm leaning towards C. fernaldana. Did you collect your moth or did yours > show a stronger pattern? > > Ken Childs > Henderson, TN > Chester County > > http://tinyurl.com/Kens-Moths-2011 > http://tinyurl.com/Night-Creatures > http://www.finishflagfarms.com > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* J. Merrill Lynch <jmerrilllynch@xxxxxxxxx> > *To:* tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2011 4:04 PM > *Subject:* [tn-moths] Re: Carposina spp. > > Ken, > > I went through the same process, thinking Nola because of the raised tufts > and finally landed on Carposina. Mine was C. fernaldana. Took a while for > me to figure out it wasn't a macro! > > Merrill > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 4:55 PM, kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I thought Nola spp. were the only ones that have those raised areas > along the costal margin but when I didn't find this one with the other Nola > spp. I started searching around and found 2 species of Carposina that look > close. Anyone had any experience with these? My choices are 2314 Carposina > sasakii, Peach Fruit Moth or 2315 Carposina fernaldana, Currant Fruitworm > Moth. > > > http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/Moths%202011/Moths%202011%20temporary/IMG_8164.jpg > > http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/Moths%202011/Moths%202011%20temporary/IMG_8163.jpg > > > Ken Childs > Henderson, TN > Chester County > > http://tinyurl.com/Kens-Moths-2011 > http://tinyurl.com/Night-Creatures > http://www.finishflagfarms.com > > > > > > -- > J. Merrill Lynch > Echo Valley Farm > Watauga County, NC > Elevation: 3,400 feet > > > -- J. Merrill Lynch Echo Valley Farm Watauga County, NC Elevation: 3,400 feet
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