Moth season is definitely here! We've held two moth nights in central Oklahoma. I have personally added 17 new species I had not seen before, and our state project tally has increased by 8 species. There is a lot of potential for adding new species to our count early in the spring and late in the fall, due to fewer observations during these time periods.
Here are a few of the new additions:
Gray Sallow (Psaphida grandis) found by Mark Parker on March 5 and 6.
Pseudexentera haracana found by me on March 20 and 21.
The Tortricid genus Pseudexentera consists of a huge number of species, many of which are quite hard to tell apart. I have quite a few observations that are sitting at genus level, awaiting some identification help from a Tortricidae expert.
Keep up the observations, everyone!
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