[ncsc-moths] Re: Euchlaena sp.

  • From: TNT Sanders <tsanders1993@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 09:19:16 -0400

Thanks Merrill.
Taylor Piephoff did collect the two and we may be able to bar code them in the 
future to determine between E. marginaria and pectinaria.
I was able to find some photos online of E. amoenaria with not so white wing 
tips like our second moth.
 
Tom Sanders 
 

> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 07:22:57 -0400
> Subject: [ncsc-moths] Re: Euchlaena sp.
> From: jmerrilllynch@xxxxxxxxx
> To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Euchlaenas are tough. I haven't been able to determine ways to
> differentiate between E. marginaria and pectinaria. I do think moth 2
> is E. amoenaria.
> 
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 9:57 AM, TNT Sanders <tsanders1993@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Two more from our recent moth night.
> >
> > The debate is between 6735 - E. pectinaria and 6734 - E. marginata for moth
> > 1.
> > For moth 2 on the tree we are considering 6733 - E. amoenaria but I wish the
> > overall color was darker and the white wing tips were whiter.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions!
> >
> > Tom Sanders
> > Charlotte, NC
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> J. Merrill Lynch
> Echo Valley Farm
> Watauga County, NC
> Elevation:  3,400 feet
> 
                                          

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