August 8
2020 August 8
Gordon Hart photographed the moth below at his Highlands home on August 4. Since we could see only the underside of the wings, I despaired (writes Jeremy Tatum) as to whether we could identify it. For Libby Avis, however, nae bother! Libby writes: “That one’s easy – for once!
Ceratodalia gueneata. We’ve had five this week in Port Alberni. One of the few moths that always sit with their wings up. I would probably find it hard to identify it from the top side.”
Ceratodalia gueneata (Lep.: Geometridae) Gordon Hart
Jochen Möhr had a big haul in Metchosin last night. Thanks to Libby for help with the identifications.
1 Biston betularia
1 Callizzia amorata
1 Campaea perlata
1 Coryphista meadii
1 Dasychira grisefacta
1 Dichagyris variabilis
2 Lacinipolia strigicollis
1 Lophocampa argentata
3 Neoalcis californiaria
1 Panthea virginarius
1 Perizoma curvilinea
1 Pero sp.
1 Syngrapha rectangula
1 Amorbia cuneata
1 Thallophaga (probably taylorata)
and one butterfly – a Painted Lady.
Dasychira grisefacta (Lep.: Erebidae – Lymantriinae) Jochen Möhr
Neoalcis californiaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Neoalcis californiaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Neoalcis californiaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Neoalcis californiaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Dichagyris variabilis (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr
Biston betularia (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Coryphista meadei (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Lophocampa argentata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae) Jochen Möhr
Perizoma curvilinea (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Panthea virginarius (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr
Pero (maybe morrisonaria) (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Syngrapha rectangula (Noctuidae – Plusiinae) Jochen Möhr
Syngrapha rectangula (Noctuidae – Plusiinae) Jochen Möhr
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Jochen Möhr
Thallophaga (probably taylorata) Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Amorbia cuneanum (Lep.: Tortricidae) Jochen Möhr
Gordon Hart’s moths from Highlands, August 6:
The first is one of those pugs that are awfully difficult to identify. Jeremy Tatum writes: I’ll label it possibly Eupithecia annulata – though it could well be something else!
Eupithecia (possibly annulata) (Lep.: Geometridae) Gordon Hart
Eulithis xylina (Lep.: Geometridae)
plus one of those little crambids that we despair of identifying.
Gordon Hart
Nematocampa resistaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Gordon Hart
Catoptria latiradiella (Lep.: Crambidae) Gordon Hart