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Post by mothman27 on Aug 10, 2019 9:03:46 GMT -8
I recently returned home from a family vacation to Macon County, North Carolina, in the Nantahala National Forest. While there I set up a MV bulb and sheet for the week. The insect numbers were amazing until the bats caught on and started eating most of the moths that flew in. Here a a fairly comprehensive list of my findings. Saturniidae Actias luna Callosamia angulifera Eacles imperialis Dryocampa rubicunda Sphingidae Agrius cingulata Paonias myops Paonia astylus Sphinx kalmiae Darapsa myron Notodontidae Oligocentria lignicolor Symmerista sp. Datana sp. Heterocampa sp. Erebidae Grammia virgo Halysidota tesselaris Noctuidae Catocala micronympha Catocala piatrix Catocala lineela Catocala minuta Catocala retecta Catocala flebilis Catocala andromeda Catocala amica Catocala subnata Catocala ilia Euparthenos nubilis Allotria elonympha Phyprosophus callitrichoides Cerma cerintha Panopoda rufimargo Panopoda carneicosta Harrisimemna trisignata Zale undularis Euteliidae Paectes abrostoloides Drepanidae Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides Geometridae Epimecis hortaria Passalidae Odontotaenius disjunctus Cerambycidae Orthosoma brunneum Monochamus carolinensis Scarabaeidae Cotinis nitida Silphidae Nicrophorus orbicollis Carabidae Calosoma scrutator Lycidae Calopteron sp. Papilionidae Papilio glaucus (forms turnus and glaucus) Papilio polyxenes Papilio troilus Battus philenor Nymphalidae Limenitis arthemis astyanax Euptoieta claudia Phyciodes tharos Hermeuptychia sosybius Lycaenidae Calycopis cecrops Celastrina neglecta Tettigonidae Pterophylla camellifolia Myrmeleontidae Antlion unknown sp.
Highlights included my first two P. astylus, first self-collected D. rubicunda, C. flebilis, C. retecta, C. micronympha, C. andromeda, C. ilia, C. amica, a beautiful pair of G. virgo, also my first S. kalmiae and A. cingulata. Also, my first E. claudia.
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Post by rayrard on Aug 10, 2019 9:15:23 GMT -8
Did you get all the Catocala at light?
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Post by Paul K on Aug 10, 2019 9:30:34 GMT -8
Please note that all species you listed under Noctuidae except Harrisimemna trisignata and Cerma cerintha are now within Erebidae family which belongs to superfamily Noctuoidea.
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Post by mothman27 on Aug 10, 2019 12:24:40 GMT -8
Did you get all the Catocala at light? I did. I had a bait trap but it failed to produce. Maybe my bait was bad. The first night I got over ten C. flebilis.
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Post by mothman27 on Aug 10, 2019 12:51:59 GMT -8
Please note that all species you listed under Noctuidae except Harrisimemna trisignata and Cerma cerintha are now within Erebidae family which belongs to superfamily Noctuidea. Since when? Is there an online source I can find this on?
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Post by Paul K on Aug 10, 2019 21:00:24 GMT -8
Please note that all species you listed under Noctuidae except Harrisimemna trisignata and Cerma cerintha are now within Erebidae family which belongs to superfamily Noctuidea. Since when? Is there an online source I can find this on? New systematic of moth families has been here for quite few years. Most of online publications follow new systematic. Here is one of them bugguide.net/node/view/43743
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Post by Paul K on Aug 10, 2019 21:08:35 GMT -8
Grammia virgo for example belonged to Arctiidae family which is now subfamily Arctiinae within Erebidae, which you have placed correctly.
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