[ncsc-moths] Re: Is this Platynota exasperatana?
- From: "Harry Wilson" <harrywilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:11:59 -0400
Thanks for the confirmation, Merrill. I believe that this one finally got my
“yard count” up to 600.
Harry
From: J. Merrill Lynch
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 6:05 AM
To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ncsc-moths] Re: Is this Platynota exasperatana?
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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