Hey, Rikki
Took a quick look at lunch:
1 - Tulip Tree Beauty
2,3,7 - I think you are correct here. M. signataria and M. canadaria
are tough to separate and we have both. If memory serves, M. canadaria
are usually more distinctly marked (if not worn) and have a more jagged
PM line. So I'm leaning toward M. signataria for these.
4,5 - Curve-toothed Geometer
6 - Common Oak Moth
8,11,12 - 5226, Palpita magniferalis
10 - 8592, Black-dotted Brown, Cissusa spadix
13 - one of the Tortricidae, looks familiar but can't call it from
memory
14 - another I recognize but can't remember the name at the moment
15 - Eupithecia sp., probably either Common Eupithecia or a short-
winged E. matheri (either male or female is short-winged in this species
but I'm not sure which... does looks rather patterned) but best left
as Eupithecia sp.
16 - Good luck :-)
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, Rikki Hall wrote:
I've uploaded 16 moth
photos<http://www.bluemelon.com/sourpersimmon/porchmoths4-4-10>from
last night. Two potential FOYs are a large, boldly patterned
Geometer <http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/12194/487270.jpg> and a handsome
moth <http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/12194/487281.jpg> I think is a
Pyralid,
of which there are three photos. There are also three microleps that could
be FOYs, but I have yet to learn how to distinguish even superfamilies for
them.
Also notable is a likely Melanolophia signataria with a malformed right
hindwing <http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/12194/487271.jpg>. Looking at it
with the naked eye, I thought it had been damaged by a bird, but it's clear
from the photo that the wing did not unfold properly.
I think I've IDed the repeats correctly, and I'm looking forward to more
help learning what's in this batch.
Rikki Hall
Rockford, Blount Co
