{"id":21177,"date":"2024-04-07T21:19:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T04:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=21177"},"modified":"2024-04-07T21:19:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T04:19:21","slug":"2024-april-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=21177","title":{"rendered":"2024 April 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 April 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jochen M\u00f6hr sends photographs of three moths from Metchosin, all out of tripod reach, and all presenting identification challenges.\u00a0 One is one of the difficult pair <em>Eupithecia nevadata<\/em>\/<em>ravocostaliata, <\/em>but the mid-costal mark is brown and triangular, and Jochen, Jeremy Tatum and Libby Avis all agree that it is <em>E. nevadata<\/em>.\u00a0 Another is a member of the notoriously difficult pair <em>Triphosa haesitata<\/em>\/<em>Rheumaptera <\/em>[formerly<em> Coryphista<\/em>] <em>meadii \u2013 <\/em>but all three of us readily agree that this one is <em>Triphosa haesitata.\u00a0 <\/em>The third one, a noctuid, was more difficult, but Libby managed to identify it as <strong><em>Ufeus satyricus sagittarius<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21174 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Eupithecia-nevadata-P1020295-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Eupithecia-nevadata-P1020295-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Eupithecia-nevadata-P1020295-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Eupithecia-nevadata-P1020295-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Eupithecia-nevadata-P1020295.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><em>Eupithecia nevadata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21176 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Triphosa-haesitata-P1020294-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Triphosa-haesitata-P1020294-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Triphosa-haesitata-P1020294-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Triphosa-haesitata-P1020294-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Triphosa-haesitata-P1020294.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><em>Triphosa haesitata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21175 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/P1020299-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/P1020299-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/P1020299-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/P1020299-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/P1020299.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><em>Ufeus satyricus\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 April 8 \u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr sends photographs of three moths from Metchosin, all out of tripod reach, and all presenting identification challenges.\u00a0 One is one of the difficult pair Eupithecia nevadata\/ravocostaliata, but the mid-costal mark is brown and triangular, and Jochen, Jeremy Tatum and Libby Avis all agree that it is E. nevadata.\u00a0 Another 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