[ncsc-moths] Re: Trichordestra legitima
- From: Jackie Nelson <ephemeropterae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 16:51:45 -0400
Thanks both for confirming. Was hoping I had an outside chance for P.
purpurissata.... it's been a strange year wrt mothing, so you never know!
Jackie
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 2:43 PM, J. Merrill Lynch <jmerrilllynch@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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.
>> >>
>>
>>
>
>
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> J. Merrill Lynch
> Echo Valley Farm
> Watauga County, NC
> Elevation: 3,400 feet
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