[ncsc-moths] Re: Trichordestra legitima
- From: "J. Merrill Lynch" <jmerrilllynch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 14:43:02 -0400
Agree with Harry. T. legitima.
Merrill
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Harry Wilson <harrywilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Jackie,
>
> I don’t think yours is P. purpurissata, but I would prefer to hear from
> others as well. Neither MPG nor BugGuide show the species extending this
> far south, although it might possibly reach our mountains. I think your
> moth most likely is T. legitima.
>
> Harry
>
> *From:* Jackie Nelson <ephemeropterae@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 03, 2012 12:08 PM
> *To:* ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [ncsc-moths] Re: Trichordestra legitima
>
> Great photo & congratulations, Harry! Your post prompted me to check my
> own records. Looks like I've seen Trichordestra legitima often here, from
> June and a lot in mid-Aug -->early Sept. This is in Ashe County -just
> north of Watauga.
>
> Also, I've always thought Trichordestra legitima sort of resembles Purple
> Arches (Polia purpurissata), so I always check for it when I get a T,
> legitima.
>
> But it seems to be more specialized in habitat preference and food than T.
> legitima: acidic bogs, Ponderosa Pine forests & Boreal forest according
> to BG. (But we do have blueberry, some alders, birch, and willow. - some
> of the host plants).
>
> Is there any chance the attached image is P. purpurissata? It looks
> different than all my T. legitima pics...from 9/2.
>
> Jackie
> NW NC / Ashe Co.
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Harry Wilson <harrywilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > Well keep your eyes open, Merrill. It's probably too late this year, but
> the MPG range map shows them in your general neck of the woods.
> >
> > Harry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "J. Merrill Lynch"
> > Sent: Nov 2, 2012 4:57 PM
> > To: "ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
> > Subject: [ncsc-moths] Re: Trichordestra legitima
> >
> > Congrats, Harry! A nice moth and one I've never seen up here in the
> hills.
> >
> > Merrill
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Harry Wilson <harrywilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Sometimes I go out, photograph moths, come back and download them, and
> go brain-dead. That seems to have happened in mid-September, but today I
> looked at one of my photos and knew I had a lifer. A little time in my
> Peterson Field Guide gave me the ID -- Trichordestra legitima or Striped
> Garden Caterpillar Moth. It should have been an inchworm moth because I
> have now inched my way along to 668 species here at home.
> >>
>
>
--
J. Merrill Lynch
Echo Valley Farm
Watauga County, NC
Elevation: 3,400 feet
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