Identify
Kurt Jacobs
kurtjacobs at earthlink.net
Fri Mar 10 20:50:24 EST 2000
The white-tipped black (Melanchroia chephise) is another day flying moth
that fits the description. It has a reddish thorax while the Virginia
Ctenucha has only a reddish head.
"Anne Kilmer" <viceroy at gate.net> wrote in message
news:38C97D6E.F646BB61 at gate.net...
> Melanchroia cephise is flying now in South Florida ... I got my first
> excited phone call today. Strangely, it isn't in anybody's butterfly
> book. ;-)
> Larval host is snow on the mountain.
> Cheers
> Anne Kilmer
>
> Kurt Jacobs wrote:
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> > BillyBear4Kids.com Stationery - Web page BackgroundsA Virginia Ctenucha
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> > (latin similar) immediately came to my mind when you mentioned the white
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> > at the tips of the wings. But I wouldnt describe the white at the wing
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> > tips of the Virginia Ctenucha as a spot, but more of a 2-3 mm wide =
> > streak of white. The white streak is very bright when the moth first =
> > appears. I see two or three broods in Wisconsin, and it is always the =
> > first large day flying moth i see in spring, just ahead of the Eight =
> > Spotted Forester (octomaculata). Is the body a shiny metallic =
> > blue-black, or is it just black? =20
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> > I have seen a small butterfly or moth in my back yard flying during =
> > the day. No more than an inch or so. It is black with long wings that =
> > remind me of the longwinged zebra but a much smaller butterfly. The very
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> > tips of the wings have one white spot on each of them. The body is =
> > slender and black. The head is a reddish orange color. The antenna are =
> > slightly hairy (and black) which makes me think it might be a moth. Can
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> > anyone help me identify this one?=20
> > Carol Greenfield=20
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> > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>A Virginia Ctenucha (latin similar) immediately came
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> > mind when you mentioned the white at the tips of the wings. But I
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> > describe the white at the wing tips of the Virginia Ctenucha as a spot,
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> > of a 2-3 mm wide streak of white. The white streak is very bright
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> > moth first appears. I see two or three broods in Wisconsin, and it
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> > is=20
> > always the first large day flying moth i see in spring, just ahead of =
> > the Eight=20
> > Spotted Forester (octomaculata). Is the body a shiny metallic =
> > blue-black,=20
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> > small butterfly or moth in my back yard flying during the day. No more
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> > inch or so. It is black with long wings that remind me of the =
> > longwinged zebra=20
> > but a much smaller butterfly. The very tips of the wings have =
> > one white=20
> > spot on each of them. The body is slender and black. The head is a =
> > reddish=20
> > orange color. The antenna are slightly hairy (and black) which makes =
> > me think=20
> > it might be a moth. Can anyone help me identify this one? =
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