[NatureNS] Moths - Paonias myops and others

From: Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Hi Bev,

I can add some further identifications/confirmations

http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/124868832
This is Lomographa vestaliata (Guenee) [Geometridae: Ennominae].

http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/124868834
Yes, Eutrapela clemataria (J.E. Smith).

http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/124868837
Yes, Palpita magniferalis (Walker).

http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/124853052
http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/124901234
Yes, Paonias myops (J.E. Smith).

http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/124901233
This is Epirrhoe alternata (Mueller) [Geomatridae: Larentiinae].

http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/124901231
http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/124868839
Tortricidae species

On 24-May-10, at 9:48 AM, bev wigney wrote:

> Last night was my first for mothing here at Round Hill.  I was out  
> for a few minutes around 10 p.m. and did manage to photograph a few  
> moths.   Most notable for me was the Paonias myops (Small-eyed  
> Sphinx) as I have never seen one before.  I suspect they are more  
> common here than in Ontario.   A few others have been ID'd already -  
> species I've seen back in Ontario where I used to moth quite a bit  
> in summer.  I'll work on the ones without IDs as I have time.  The  
> URL of this gallery is:
> http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/round_hill_moths
> Click on any of the thumbnails to see larger views of the image.   
> I'll be adding new images to this gallery every few days as I have  
> time.
> If there are any members of NatureNS who keep moth records, I'd be  
> interested in corresponding to compare records, work on IDs, etc...

Ken Neil and I are presently working on a revised version of the  
Macrolepidoptera of Nova Scotia. This will be a distributional  
checklist of species in the province. It's not a major update of  
Ferguson (1955) but does include records of an additional 119 species,  
more distributional information, and has contemporary taxonomy and  
nomenclature.

I'd be interested in what species of moths you have found at Round Hill.

Cheers!

Chris


Christopher Majka  <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia,  
Canada

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