2019 June 1 morning

 

Jochen Möhr’s moths in Metchosin this morning:

 

Furcula scolopendrina 1

Lophocampa maculata 1

Nadata gibbosa 1

Panthea virginarius 4

Pero behrensaria 1

Pheosia californica1

Trichordestra liquida1

Xanthorhoe defensaria 1

 

Xanthorhoe defensaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Here is a Codlin Moth, which emerged yesterday, reared from a caterpillar found in a pear last fall.  A codlin is a variety of cooking apple. The “worm” sometimes found in apples or pears is usually the caterpillar of this moth. “Codling” is a frequent misspelling.  The outermost third of the forewing is a beautiful shining, scintillating bronze colour, but is difficult to photograph because it requires exactly the right sun-moth-camera angle, which I obviously didn’t have here.

 

Codlin Moth Cydia pomonella (Lep.: Tortricidae)  Jeremy Tatum