Butterflies and Moths of North America

collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera

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722 new Pennsylvania moth records

Seven hundred and twenty-two new Pennsylvania moth records were added to the database from submitters Anita Gould, Bob Machesney, Bob Moul, Brian and Melissa Bedel, Charles Hunt, Chuck Tague, Clarissa Lehman, Colin Gillette, Curt Lehman, Darlene Clark, David Afflerbach, Jae Nanthranoha, Jeff Pusateri, Jerry Skinner, Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, Joe Pusateri, John Wheatley, Karl Gardner, Ken Lebo, Kevin Manna, Marcy Cunkelman, Mark Bowers, Mary Beth Reid, Michael Shay, Misty Doy, Monica Miller, Nancy Baker, Ralma Fry, Robert Beck, Robert Wild, Ron Then, Sheryl Johnson, Stephen C. Menasian, Stephen Kloiber, Steven Johnson, Suzanne Butcher, Todd Harman, Tom Raub, Troyer family, and Wade Clark. (PA-moths-2Aug10)

Sixteen West Virginia moth records

Sixteen West Virginia moth records were added to the database: Amorpha juglandis (Greenbrier County, Angela Romagnoli), Anatrytone logan (Fayette County, James Monroe), Antheraea polyphemus (Fayette County, James Monroe), Atteva punctella (Wyoming County, Harry Goodwin), Chlosyne nycteis (Cabell County, Michael Hensley), Cycnia tenera (Cabell County, Michael Hensley), Euclidia cuspidea (Wyoming County, Harry Goodwin), Eudryas grata (Greenbrier County, Angela Romagnoli), Euptoieta claudia (Fayette County, James Monroe), Eurytides marcellus (Greenbrier County, Jayne Munoz), Haploa clymene (Raleigh County, Harry Goodwin), Ostrinia nubilalis (Cabell County, Michael Hensley), Polygonia interrogationis (Greenbrier County, Jayne Munoz), Satyrium calanus (Cabell County, Michael Hensley), Speyeria cybele (Raleigh County, Harry Goodwin), and Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Cabell County, Michael Hensley). (WV-moths-2Aug10)