Unknown Lepidoptera---try your hand with these

[O.G. Marti, Jr.]

http://sacs.cpes.peachnet.edu/cpmru/Unknown-Leps.html

Hello.  I have photos of 4 unknown Lepidoptera (2 Noctuidae and 2 
Pyralidae), all found in south Georgia in August-September, 2001, at the 
above site.  I have been unable to identify these and would appreciate any 
help. Two of them emerged with abnormal wings.  Specimen 5-01 has a 
distinctive bar of white scales connecting the bases of the antennae.  
Despite its large size (5cm wingspan), I have not been able to identify it.  I 
collected an identical specimen in Guadeloupe in 1996, so it may be a 
tropical species not normally found in south Georgia. A photo of this 
species seems not to be present in the Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the  
French Antilles web site. 
    Specimen 376-01 has a distinctive reniform spot.  Although it is badly 
deformed, I would have thought the markings were distinctive enough for an 
identification, but I have had no success with it.
    The 2 pyralid specimens are rather nondescript.  All 4 pictures look 
much better in an image viewer than in Netscape.  I apologize for the poor 
quality.

Sincerely,
Dick Marti

Orville G. Marti, Jr., Microbiologist
USDA, ARS, IBPMRL
PO Box 748
Tifton, GA.  31793

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