Tropical stray?

[Robert Dana]

Not tropical at all--a lovely little noctuid that brightens the early
springtime forest up here in the northland: Psychomorpha epimenis. The
larva feeds on Vitis. See Fig. 1, Plate 29 in Covell's field guide to
eastern moths.

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Robert Dana, Ph.D.
MN DNR
Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program
500 Lafayette Rd, Box 25
St. Paul, MN 55155
651 297-2367
Email: robert.dana at dnr.state.mn.us
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>>> "Jim Mason" <Jim at gpnc.org> 5/13/04 8:46:48 AM >>>
This little guy was photographed on Long Island recently.  Anybody
recognize
it?

Jim Mason, Naturalist
Jim at gpnc.org 
Great Plains Nature Center
6232 E. 29th Street North
Wichita, KS 67220-2200
316-683-5499 x103 - voice
316-688-9555 - fax
www.gpnc.org 


 
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