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Freeman's Palpita Moth - Hodges#5225 (Palpita freemanalis)
Photo#98331
Copyright © 2007
Steve Scott
Palpita? -
Palpita freemanalis
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
August 10, 2006
Is this just a warn Palpita species or does it ring a bell? I say several just like it at the same time.
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Contributed by
Steve Scott
on 15 March, 2007 - 9:49pm
Last updated 5 February, 2008 - 4:35pm
Moved
Moved from
Palpita
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john and jane balaban
, 5 February, 2008 - 4:35pm
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Moved
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Pyraloidea
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Steve Scott
, 5 February, 2008 - 1:44pm
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Aren't we lucky?
Just when I gave up and was ready to frass it --- this was ID'd as Palpita freemanalis (Hodges# 5225) by Brian Scholtens via Bob Patterson of the Moth Photographers Group site. Thanks Brian and Bob as well as J&J for convincing me not to frass it! :)
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Steve Scott
, 5 February, 2008 - 1:38pm
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In Fairness to Brian Scholtens, let me point out that.....
... he hedged just a little due to Steve's location (a bit further north than available data indicated) while pointing positively to this species designation. Afterward, I found on Larry Line's website a specimen photo by John Glaser of a moth taken at Great Falls VA/MD, just upstream on the Potomac River from Washington, DC. This is about 100 miles north of Steve's locality, although many miles to the east of it. Finding moths a couple of hundred miles outside previously known range, especially in the case of species that are seldomly encountered, is not unusual. Hence, I suggested that Steve should go ahead and call it by this name. If there is any fault found in this, the blame should be mine.
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Bob Patterson
, 5 February, 2008 - 2:37pm
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Steve Scott
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Steve Scott
, 2 February, 2008 - 9:53pm
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Did you decide this was worn
and is now unidentifiable? Seems like a great image to have in the guide to help others if we can get it ID'd. After all, this is what those you saw looked like!
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john and jane balaban
, 3 February, 2008 - 10:09am
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Okay
You win. I had uploaded another image this year that I realized was almost the same. Didn't want to clutter things up. But when you mention it: if I see the same pattern two years in a row during the same time period can I really just write it off as "worn"?
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, 3 February, 2008 - 11:49am
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