Bukan ngengat jarang, tapi yg mencari satu. Ini adalah Catocala ilia (Erebidae) ((sebelumnya Noctuidae)), dan memakan beberapa Oaks. Itu datang ke dalam terang saya selama akhir pekan di Southern Illinois, turun di Trail of Tears Hutan Negara. Seperti banyak ngengat lainnya, spesies yang tersebar luas ini memiliki sejumlah variasi yang mungkin berbeda – tertunda monografi spesies…
Aku sekarang membelok beberapa gambar ngengat yang bagus sehingga diharapkan lebih ngengat Senin! (meskipun ini adalah ngengat Jumat).
How can I resist a post title such as yours? A monograph? Whom, pray-tell, might be publishing such a useful work? =)
Ignoring the otherwise very moth-y appearance of your highlighted moth, in isolation, it’s antennae would certainly have me scratching my head when going through my VERY crude “moth-or-butterfly” examination. Jadi, are the tips of the antennae the same width as the rest, generally, no bulb or some such? And feel free to edify if I’m off base. =) I know if I see feathered I think moth, and if I see a bulb or other larger-then-rest-of-antennae blob at the terminus, I think butterfly. Can you clarify/correct/confirm that and apply to this individual?
Terima kasih, and looking forward to subsequent posts.
ugh, WHO, not whom. pardon. =)