Thank you for all your work. Sometimes I don't take the time to research where or when the species is found. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7394 This is what I used for Epirrhoe alternata. Attached is my pic. I will send a couple more in separate emails. Jean Obrist ----- Original Message ----- From: Douglas Downs To: Tn-Moths Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:13 PM Subject: [tn-moths] Current Tennessee State List To all, Attached you will find the latest Tennessee State Moth List, current as of 06-07-2011. Since the last update of 03-24-2011, we have added 74 new species statewide, bringing the state total to 1,712. Five (5) species have been submitted that I have not included on the list pending further verification. I do NOT consider myself a moth expert by any stretch of the imagination, but the five withheld species present some logistical problems (namely range) and probably need to be submitted to "higher authorities" for absolute confirmation. I hope this approach is not offensive and I am not trying to judge anyone's skills. My goal is simply to keep the list as "clean" as possible. Below is the list of the five species in question and my reason for concern. I do not know who submitted them (obviously it is nothing personal), so please check them against your own personal lists. If you have one of these "questionable five" in your collection, please let me know how you went about identifying the species and what "authorities" you might have consulted in the process. Also, if others on this listserv have a problem with what I have done, please let me know. Again, my goal is not to insult or assume any sort of "expert" role. I, too, am a learner in this process and just want to keep our state list as accurate as possible. 0976 - Ethmia semilugens (Documented from Texas to California and north to Colorado and Utah) 3531 - Acleris hastiana (Documented only in Pennsylvania, Washington, and Oregon) 5343 - Immaculate Grass-veneer (Crambus perlellus) (Documented only in Northeastern US and Canada to the Pacific) 7394 - White-banded Toothed Carpet Moth (Epirrhoe alternata) (Documented onlt in Northeastern US and Canada to the Pacific) 7830 - Tetrio Sphinx (Pseudosphinx tetrio) (Documented exclusively in South Florida) Apologies for the long posting and thanks to all for their ongoing dedication to the moths of Tennessee. Doug Downs Sparta, White County, TN
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