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Salt Marsh Moth - Hodges#8131 (Estigmene acrea)
Photo#189727
Copyright © 2008
Gary Kessler
Salt Marsh Moth -
Estigmene acrea
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Angelica, Allegany County, New York, USA
June 11, 2008
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Contributed by
Gary Kessler
on 11 June, 2008 - 8:40am
Last updated 25 August, 2008 - 11:30am
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Jason D. Roberts
, 25 August, 2008 - 11:30am
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Gosh, this is a tough one! It
Gosh, this is a tough one! It's seem to be somewhere between Hodges 8129 Pyrrharctia isabella and 8131 Estigmene acrea.
Has me stumped--maybe a moth guru will chime in? 8:)
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Nina
, 11 June, 2008 - 3:56pm
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I'm No Moth Guru
I'm no moth guru, but, in many ways, it does resemble this picture of a Virginian Tiger Moth, albeit, your's is slightly more worn:
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Kenneth Dwain Harrelson
, 11 June, 2008 - 4:39pm
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in the same family...but...
I think it does resemble the virgian tiger, however I think it's closer to Estigmene acrea b/c of the orange underwings,
and the more prominent orange on the dorsal and anterior sections of the thorax...
isabella tiger also has the prominent orange, but no white, so I'm going to vote that it's either a worn salt marsh tiger, or one that has damage to it's forewings?
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Nina
, 11 June, 2008 - 4:48pm
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Thanks Ken and Nina
for getting me on the right track.
The worn wing edge and lack of spotting had me fooled this AM. With your help I can now understand what's going on. The color from underside of upper wing is showing through due to white pigment being worn away. All-Leps has a specimen that looks just like this one (however not worn) showing only a couple/three black spots on upper forwing and the three/four spots on bottom of under wing. The legs are the same regarding coloration. Believe we have ID'd this critter to being a: Worn Male Salt Marsh Moth -- Estigmene acrea 8131.
Thanks for the help,
Gary
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Gary Kessler
, 11 June, 2008 - 7:32pm
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Yay!
I thought I could see the faintest hint of the black markings on the outermost edge of the forewings... that's what made me think it was E. acrea, but then the darkening of the trailing edges had me thrown. It almost looks like they got dried out or damaged somehow.
glad we had you looking in the right area to find an ID.
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Nina
, 11 June, 2008 - 9:20pm
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