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Canadian Melanolophia - Hodges#6620 (Melanolophia canadaria)
Photo#1329671
Copyright © 2017
Alain Hogue
Ectropis crepuscularia ? -
Melanolophia canadaria
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
July 30, 2016
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Contributed by
Alain Hogue
on 8 January, 2017 - 6:46pm
Last updated 22 August, 2018 - 9:38pm
Moved
Moved from
Melanolophia
.
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Jason D. Roberts
, 22 August, 2018 - 9:38pm
That's settled!
- but one image can go, can't it?
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Peter Homann
, 23 August, 2018 - 9:14am
Moved
Moved from
Butterflies and Moths
.
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Kyhl Austin
, 11 January, 2017 - 11:01am
How about canadaria
If indeed
Melanolophia
as I suspected, it can only be
canadaria
.
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Peter Homann
, 11 January, 2017 - 1:09pm
Photo problems
Alain - I do not think the indistinct features of some of your moths with open wings are always due to wear but to too much scale-glare instead. I am not a skilled photographer by a long shot, but my experience tells me that the intensity of the light source (flash?) you use may be a problem, or the exposure setting. When wear comes into play, changing the angle of the light exposure (e.g. angle of photo taking with a flash) sometimes helps.
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Peter Homann
, 10 January, 2017 - 4:40pm
I just added the same picture
I just added the same picture, but a little underexposed. Perhaps this will allow you to see the characteristic traits. Thanks for your time !
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Alain Hogue
, 10 January, 2017 - 5:29pm
Another look -
Having another look at your moth, this time on the darker image, my opinion is the same: the positions and shapes of the lines are more consistent with
Melanpolophia canadaria
(note the "V" ("flying seagull") of the PM line near the inner margin) than with
E. crepuscularia
.
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Peter Homann
, 11 January, 2017 - 8:45am
No sure about this one
I wished the image was not so pale and one could see more of the lines and their "teeth." Anyway, the PM line of the hindwing looks to me to be too straight for
E. crepuscularia
. Perhaps a
Melanolophia
?
…
Peter Homann
, 9 January, 2017 - 10:06am
Ok find ! I'm going to let i
Ok find ! I'm going to let it Ectropis sp. for now. Thanks !
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Alain Hogue
, 10 January, 2017 - 12:31pm