[tn-moths] Re: Grammia
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 11:41:38 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks for the info!
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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>From: Hugh McGuinness <hdmcguinness@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:07 PM
>Subject: [tn-moths] Re: Grammia
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>Greeting Tn--moth-ers,
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>After having been kicked off Tn-moths for the 10th time, you may note that I
>have signed up under a different e-mail account. Let's see if this one works.
>The other e-mail still works for personal correspondence and is in fact
>preferred.
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>As for Ken's Arctiine, I believe that it is indeed Grammia, but neither virgo
>nor parthenice. (There are simply too many radiating cream colored lines to
>fit P nais in my experience.) The black trailing edge to the HW and the black
>spot that is indented into it, as well as the triangular patch that does not
>quite connect at the costa near the apex suggest phyllira, a moth I have never
>seen.
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>As for separating virgo from parthenice, I believe the only safe way to do so
>is using the HW, which is spotted in the median area in virgo and unspotted in
>parthenice. I also believe that virgo flies in early summer and that
>parthenice flies in late summer (late Aug thru mid September here on Long
>Island, NY). My guess is that it is still too early for virgo in TN.
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>Hugh McGuinness
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