2016 June 8

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I rarely see any moths at my apartment porch lights these days, other than maybe the occasional pug or micro.  Here is a pug that appeared on June 5.  I can’t be sure which species, but my best attempt is maybe Eupithecia satyrata.

Eupithecia sp. (maybe satyrata?) (Lep.: Geometridae)   Jeremy Tatum

  The next one was reared from an egg. The adult emerged today, June 8.  Is it Coryphista meadii, or is it Triphosa haesitata?   I haesitate to say.  There are two ways of telling which it is.  One is to refer to the Gatten criteria (see April 21), which work well.  The other is to peek at the legend beneath the photograph.  Foodplant Frangula purshiana.

Triphosa haesitata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum

    The next moth was reared from a caterpillar found on alder near Jordan River.

Eurois astricta (Lep.: Noctuidae)

Jeremy Tatum