[TN-Butterflies] Re: Moth ID help

  • From: "Doug Bruce" <s137@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <larrycmcd@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "TN-Butterflies" <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:10:35 -0400

Larry,

That might be a Velvetbean caterpillar moth, Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hodges 
#8574).  See examples of its variability here:

http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8574

Doug Bruce
Oak Ridge, TN
Anderson Co.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Larry McDaniel 
  To: TN-Butterflies 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:23 PM
  Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Moth ID help


  Anyone know what this is. It was on the Nature Center Porch this morning.
   
  Larry McDaniel
  Steele Creek Park
  Bristol, TN
  Sullivan County


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