[ncsc-moths] Re: Wandering Brocade?

  • From: Hugh McGuinness <hdmcguinness@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 13:25:22 -0500

Another way is to type the Hodges number into the search field at MPG,
making sure that you have checked the MPG only option.

Hugh

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 10:16 AM, kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Doug, if you have the Hodges number, the easiest way to find the moth on
> MPG is to go to any species page and then replace the number at the end of
> the URL with the Hodges number you're looking for.
>
> I have the following URL saved as a bookmark so all I need to do is click
> on the link and then add the Hodges number to the end of the address and
> hit enter.
>
> http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=
>
> Ken Childs
> Henderson, TN
> Chester County
>
> http://tinyurl.com/FinishFlagFarmsMoths
> http://www.finishflagfarms.com
>
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> *From:* Doug Allen <dougk4ly@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 9, 2012 9:03 AM
> *Subject:* [ncsc-moths] Re: Wandering Brocade?
>
> Hi Kyle,
>    First, really have enjoyed looking at your photographs and reading your
> posts from previous months and years.  I lived in the northeast,
> Schenectady, NY, for 30 years.  Where are you at college?
> I'm a mothing newbie so my skills are mostly just pattern recognition
> based on the MPG pics which are all out of Hodges sequence for Noctuoidea.
> I can't even find 9420 on the plates without going to the species plates,
> so I must be doing something wrong.  I can't find anything on MPG or BG
> closer to your picture than Wandering Brocade Moth, but all the pics there
> and in Peterson show the reniform spots as more whitish as you know.  Some
> of the west coast species are pretty close, too.  The chestnut color of
> your moth and the almost continuous dark vertical areas which the AM line
> passes through are not completely matched in any photographs I've found so
> far.  I'm looking forward to comments from the more experienced mothers.
>
> Doug Allen  Windmill Hill, SC
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Kyle Kittelberger 
> <kkturtledude@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I photographed this moth in New Hampshire back in September. I think it is
> a Wandering Brocade (*Fishia illocata)*, 9420, but wanted to hear some
> opinions from others. Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Kyle
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Hugh McGuinness
Washington, D.C.

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