US Bias and winter moths

[Jim Taylor]

Hey, Folks -

It would be a great help if geography were always associated with reported
sightings.

Jim Taylor
-----Original Message-----
From: John Grehan <jrg13 at psu.edu>
To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 5:31 PM
Subject: US Bias and winter moths


>I've followed as best I can the debate over the formation of the UK group.
>While I am neutral regarding its formation, there have been some
expressions
>of concern that UK trivia will not be of interest to US or other
>recipients. Does
>this mean that UK subscribers are not interested in trivia (i.e. local
news)
>outside the UK?
>
>I for one am interested so see what pops up about Lepidoptera anywhere in
>the world. Even the most obscure observation may prove to be interesting
>or relevant.
>
>Also there was mention of a US bias. That bias seems to simply reflect the
>origins of the majority of contributors. In the absence of any declaration
that
>there is no interest in leps outside the US there is no necessary bias in
>interest. I contribute information on US leps simply because that is
>where I happen to be based geographically.
>
>Now for my local trivia. We are having some exceptionally warm weather
>for early winter. Daytime temperatures were in the low 60's F (16 C)
>and sky overcast. The evening was correspondingly warm with no wind.
>There were lots of moths at the bait, but species diversity was low.
>
>Collected
>
>Noctuidae: Hypeninae
>Plathypena scabra (green cloverworm, noctuelle des legumineuses)
>
>Noctuidae: Cuculliinae
>
>Eupsilia morrisoni (Morrison's sallow)
>Eupsilia tristigmata (three-spotted sallow, chenille veloutee)
>
>Pyreferra citrombra
>Pyreferra hesperidago (mustard sallow)
>
>Lithophane grotei (green fruitworm, noctuelle cendree)
>
>Tortricidae: Tortricinae
>
>Acleris subnivana
>
>Acleris spp. (two species unidentified at present)
>
>John Grehan
>