[ncsc-moths] Re: Mis-indentified Crocidophora

  • From: Jackie Nelson <ephemeropterae@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:26:04 -0400

Geez.  One photo - the same one - between MPG and BG.  My moth has a dark,
distinctive and maybe significant band on the terminal wings....
I'll look some more, but if that's the closest match, I'll go with it.
Thank you Bob!

Any other opinions?

Jackie
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Bob Perkins <perkybear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Jackie,
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> No guarantees, but take a look at Hahncappsia marculenta, Hodges #4962. I
> believe your moth is one of the Pyraustas.
>
> Bob
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> On Sep 28, 2011, at 9:08 PM, Jackie Nelson wrote:
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> > This photo was taken on July 18.  I called it 4945 – Crocidophora
> tuberculalis – Pale-winged Crocidiphora Moth because
> > it looks a lot like Tom Murray's photo on Bug Guide.
> > In reviewing it, I realized it's probably mis-identified because of the
> lack of tubercules ("holes") all over the wings.
> >
> > Help?
> >
> > Jackie
> > NW N. Carolina/ S. Appalachians
> >
> > <4945 – Crocidophora tuberculalis – Pale-winged Crocidiphora Moth -
> Copy.JPG>
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> Bob Perkins
> Woodlawn, Virginia
> Historian and General Outdoorsman
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