[tn-moths] Re: Macaria help needed
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:14:11 -0700 (PDT)
Fovea is new to me so thanks for the info!
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://tinyurl.com/FinishFlagFarmsMoths
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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From: buggybuck <buggybuck@xxxxxxx>
To: tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 2:17 PM
Subject: [tn-moths] Re: Macaria help needed
I don't
know if you have been exposed to the term fovea before, so in
geometrids, it is a swollen spot devoid of scales near the base of the
forewing: fovea is described in the glossary as a depression or pit, but in
geos, it is a bare swollen or depressed spot just beyond the frenulum (male)
or acanthi (female) (the spine(s) at the base of the hind wing which hooks
the wings together with the forewing retinaculum (forewing holding
structure) when in flight.... In your specimen I did not see the fovea
on the forewing. Maybe I just missed it. BUCK
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>From: "buggybuck" <buggybuck@xxxxxxx>
>To:
tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:46:41 -0400
>Subject:
[tn-moths] Re: Macaria help needed
>
>This does look like an example of the late
spring brood of the species as discussed by DC Ferguson in Mona fascicle
17.2 on page 193, as this species has several morphotypes
depending upon brood, but to be sure, you need a spread specimen so you
can see the fovea at the base of the forewing which is diagnostic for
this species of Macaria...BUCK
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: TN-Moths
<tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:00:03 -0700
(PDT)
>>Subject: [tn-moths] Macaria help needed
>>
>>
>>I think this may be 6335
Macaria aequiferaria but I'd like a second opinion.
>>
>>Ken Childs
>>Henderson,
TN
>>Chester County
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/FinishFlagFarmsMoths
>>http://www.finishflagfarms.com
>>
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