Unknown moth

[Thomas, Tony]

Dr. A.W. Thomas
Research Scientist
Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre
Natural Resources Canada
PO Box 4000, Stn. A
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5P7

 e-mail: tthomas at nrcan.gc.ca
'phone (506) 452-3523
FAX (506) 452-3525

Giant Silkmoth website: 
http://atl.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/fbn/md/family_e.html

Illustrated Checklist of Fundy National Park Moths website:
http://atl.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/fbn/md/family-s_e.html

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> From: 	mothman[SMTP:mothman at nbnet.nb.ca]
> Reply To: 	mothman at nbnet.nb.ca
> Sent: 	Sunday, March 07, 1999 4:05 PM
> To: 	lepslist
> Subject: 	Fw: Unknown moth
> 
> Hi fellow moth enthusiasts
> 
>     I am seeking confirmation of Stretchia plusiaeformis. I photographed
> this specimen near Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, in April of last
> year. The only image of this species I have seen is in the Ontario Cutworm
> book (Rockburne & Lafontaine, Fig. 169); they give a locality of
> north-central Ontario. Forbes also gives north-central Ontario and then
> Alberta and west. If this specimen is plusiaeformis then it's about 2,000
> Km
> east of known records!! There is one record in the Lep. Soc. Season
> Summary:
> Laramie, Wyoming.
>     If not plusiaeformis, then what?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
> http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/mothman/unknown.html
> 
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