[ncsc-moths] Re: Palpita
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 10:51:24 -0700 (PDT)
My observations are that magniferalis is darker overall and the black band on
the abdomen is usually more well-defined. There is no scientific basis for
these observations but when I first started doing moths and needed help with
most of my identifications, anything that was ID'd as magniferalis had these
traits.
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
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From: Bob Perkins <perkybear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 5, 2011 12:23 PM
Subject: [ncsc-moths] Re: Palpita
Paul's question and Ken's reply caused me to dig through my photos of Palpita
and to look for information. Here's what I found in BugGuide and in Covell:
From BugGuide:
Arsaltealis: Adult: forewing light grayish-brown with heavy dark speckling;
irregular dark patches in median and basal areas; hindwing similar but lacks
large dark patches
Magniferalis: Speckled gray wings, black median band, robust body. Other
Palpita, at least the few species found on the Internet, are much paler
From Covell, p. 401:
Magniferalis: Wings pearly translucent gray with black speckling and diffuse
median band. HW brownish.
The descriptions don't provide much guidance. When I sorted through my photos,
I came up confused. Here are four samples:
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Bob Perkins
Woodlawn, Virginia
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