2021 April 24 evening

 

Gordon Usipiuk sends a photograph of Mesoleuca gratulata from Colwood, April 22.

 

Mesoleuca gratulata (Lep.:  Geometridae)  Gordon Usipiuk

   Jochen Möhr sends from Metchosin two difficult ones, one each of the difficult pairs Eupithecia ravocostaliata/nevadata   and  Drepanulatrix secundaria/monicaria.  Jeremy Tatum and Libby Avis are both in agreement – we cannot tell which!

 

Eupithecia ravocostaliata/nevadata  (Lep.: Geometridae)   Jochen Möhr

Drepanulatrix secundaria/monicaria (Lep.: Geometridae)   Jochen Möhr

 

   The American Lappet Moth Phyllodesma americana  is much easier.

 

American Lappet Moth Phyllodesma americana  (Lep.: Lasiocampidae)  Jochen Möhr