Unknown Midwestern Moths
James J. Kruse
kruse at nature.Berkeley.EDU
Fri Apr 21 12:54:11 EDT 2000
Hi Kurt,
I will try to hit a few of the skipped ones:
#2 looks like Psaphida electilis (Noctuidae)
#6 Magusa orbifera (Noctuidae)
#8 Gluphesia spp. (Notodontidae)
> Hi Kurt,
>
> #1 is noctua pronuba, a fairly recent immigrant from Europe
> #3 is the Oak Beauty Nocophora quernaria
> #5 is the Chickweed Geometer (Haematopis grataria)
> #4 Looks like some sort of Papaipema possibly
> #7 is a Geometer...looks like Phigalia titea ..but I can't swear to it!
> #6 ....never seen anything like it.
> # 10 is some sort of dagger-wing I think Acronicta sp. possibly A. impleta
> #8 looks like some sort of Notodondidae as does #2
> #9 is a grey moth!!!
> #13 is another Geometer. Probably a Tornos sp.
> #11 also looks like a Geo...but I haven't a clue!
>
> Kurt Jacobs wrote:
> I have a group of 13 moths collected in Green Bay, Wisconsin from 1998 that
> I have had some trouble in identifying. If anyone is up to the challenge,
>
> http://www.home.earthlink.net/~morphidae/home.html
>
> Kurt Jacobs
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