[ncsc-moths] Re: ID help needed
- From: Merrill Lynch <jmerrilllynch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 04:23:09 -0500
Jackie,
The pattern on the forewing clearly makes this a Catocala. I can't tell the
size and obviously cannot see the underwing pattern but it looks similar to
8878.1 C. lineella (Little Lined Underwing), an oak feeder that flies in
July-Aug and occurs in our area.
Merrill
J. Merrill Lynch
Echo Valley Farm
Watauga County, NC
3,400 feet elevation
Sent from my iPad
On Nov 30, 2011, at 8:22 PM, Jackie Nelson <ephemeropterae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Going nowhere with this ID. Photo is from 7/28, S. Appalachians, North
> Carolina.
> This is one of those you think will be easy to ID but you never see the exact
> one. I don't even know where to start, although I'm on my 2nd pass through
> the plates for my unidentifieds.
>
> Any help appreciated!
>
> Jackie
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