[ncsc-moths] Re: Question and ID request

  • From: Lois Stacey <croakie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:31:48 -0500

Merrill,
Thanks for the info. I knew bugguide only added new pages when photos were added, I didn't realize that MPG didn't yet have everything there.
As for the photo, it was taken under incandescent light and the moth was dark, slate gray. The orange tones though are fairly true to color. That's what kept throwing me on ID. I couldn't find anything else showing that color. 

Parker,
Thanks for the input. I will work on using the pinned images. My problem is that I can't imagine what the pattern will be in a naturally posed moth. My brain can't put it together correctly I guess. (I can't picture a three-dee image from a flat blueprint either! LOL) It may be something I can learn with practice though. 

Lois

On 2/22/2011 9:10 PM, J. Merrill Lynch wrote:

Lois,
Forgot to comment on your photos. I think you're right on Psaphida rolandi. I'm having trouble with your first pic which is obviously a Lithophane of some stripe. It's not joannis but it has markings similar to antennata. Antennata has a grayish background color but your moth appears brownish; however, I'm wondering if the photo was taken under an incandescent light which often casts a yellowish tint on the subject. 
Merrill
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Lois Stacey <croakie@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:croakie@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: 

    I've been looking at Merrill's pictures to try and pin down some
    of my moths, at least to give me an area to look for those I have
    trouble with on MPG (I know they may not be the same as our
    habitats are so different). In doing that, Merrill has some
    species that I can't find on MPG, usually with a decimal and
    number after the Hodges number. My question is how to know these
    species/subspecies exist if they're not on MPG? The first pic
    below is the one that keyed me to this. On Merrill's page he has
    9893.2 L. joannis. I can't find this on MPG or bugguide to compare
    pictures with mine to see if they match (it appears to match
    Merrill's fairly closely).

    Second, I'm attaching a picture that I have tentatively identified
    as Roland's Sallow, 10014 – Psaphida rolandi . Any other suggestons?

    Thanks.
-- Lois Stacey 
    North Augusta, SC (Aiken Cnty)
    www.augustaaikenaudubon.org <http://www.augustaaikenaudubon.org/>
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J. Merrill Lynch
Echo Valley Farm
Watauga County, NC
Elevation:  3,400 feet


--
Lois Stacey
North Augusta, SC (Aiken Cnty)
www.augustaaikenaudubon.org
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