A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Lochmaeus bilineata
Spotted on Jun 4, 2013
Submitted on Dec 9, 2013
4 Comments
Ah, I see! Thank you, gatorfellows! I called this one L. manteo, but what do you think? It might be hard, as many of the scales reflected: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/120...
This is how I chose:
I did not see a reniform spot - either black or white that a L. manteo usually has. The lines on the L. bilineata are not nearly as zig zaggy as L. manteo.
Here is a set of L. manteo individuals and a set of L. bilineata from Mississippi State site:
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.ed...
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.ed...
Thank you very much for the confirmation, gatorfellows. My only other thought was L. manteo, but I was certainly leaning towards L. bilineata.
Here is the bugguide link which has other links to more specific information:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/28304
Sub link - Lynn Scotts - http://www.acleris.com/dls/07999.html has the best description. While I cannot see the sharp bend at the costal edge, it looks like you are correct. Flight time in your area seems correct; early June to August.