[ncsc-moths] Re: Problems with Prominents
- From: Bob Perkins <perkybear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 08:46:32 -0400
Thanks, Ken.
Bob
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On May 26, 2012, at 8:40 AM, kjchilds wrote:
> I sent the pics to J.D. Roberts and here's his take.
>
> "That's definitely not biundata - it's guttivitta. The two species have
> slightly different in appearance AM/PM lines, there are numerous guttivitta
> with visible lines.
>
> Two easy ways to tell these two apart, are 1) biundata generally has larger
> black chevrons making up its subterminal line, whereas guttivitta only has a
> narrow, smaller set of connecting dashes making up its ST line (when it's
> even visible). And 2) biundata always has a brownish-orange patch in its
> thoracic scaling (posterior), whereas guttivitta does not.
>
> FYI, there's a few misidentified moths on the MPG biundata page."
>
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Bob Perkins
Woodlawn, Virginia
Historian and General Outdoorsman
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