[ncsc-moths] Re: Is this Platynota exasperatana?
- From: "J. Merrill Lynch" <jmerrilllynch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:05:21 -0400
Harry, I think you're right on the i.d.--that's a pretty distinctive
tort. It does appear to fly mainly in July-Aug but there are outliers on
either side so I wouldn't rule it out just on that basis.
Merrill
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Harry Wilson <harrywilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I had this Tort a couple of nights ago, and as I leafed through my new
> field guide I thought that it might be Platynota exasperatana. But BG lists
> the flight period as July and August. There is a photo there that is very
> close to my moth - http://bugguide.net/node/view/608193. And since we had
> no noticeable winter and plants are blooming and leafing out several weeks
> ahead of schedule, maybe the moth arrived early as well. Or have I just
> failed to dig deeply enough into MPG and BG?
>
> Harry Wilson
> Zebulon, NC
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J. Merrill Lynch
Echo Valley Farm
Watauga County, NC
Elevation: 3,400 feet
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