Black Witch Moth State Records
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The "Red States" are 2004 records and demonstrate the western distribution for this insect.
The "Blue States" are historical state records that took many years to
record.
| Pre-2004 Records Shown in Blue (21) | 2004 Records Shown in Red (30) |
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AK, AR,
CT, DE, GA, ID, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, ND*, NJ, NY, PA, |
AL, AZ,
CA, CO, FL,
HI, IA, IL,
IN, |
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2005 BWM Records (in order of appearance) (29 States & Provinces) |
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TX, FL, NM, KS, MD, WIS, MIN, AZ,
MISS,
LA, UT, CO, MO, |
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Records for TX,
NM, AZ, & CA by far outnumber the records for all other states
& provinces combined!
(Many BWMs were also seen post Tropical
Storm Cindy in Louisiana.)
Hundreds of BWMs were recorded from the southwestern states of CA, AZ, NM, & TX in 2004.
This is in sharp contrast to the total number of BWM records found for the following southeastern states:
| Virginia | 1 | ||||||
| Missouri | 2 | Kentucky | 1 | North Carolina | 1 | ||
| Arkansas | 5 | Tennessee | 1 | South Carolina | 4 | ||
| Alabama | 5 | Georgia |
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Interestingly, the number of BWM records from Ontario,
Canada (~24)
exceeds the number known from the southeastern U.S. (excluding
LA, MS, & FL).
The northernmost BWM record is from just west of Juneau in Auke Bay, Alaska:
Auke Bay, 4.X.1957 (vg Paul J. Spangler, 1957, A record of the black witch,
Erebus odora (Noctuidae), in Alaska,
The Journal of the Lepidopterist's Society 11(6):205).
Owl Moth (Thysania zenobia) has an eastern migratory distribution by contrast
Request for Help
Please report new BWM records to entomike@gmail.com
Please include date, location (distance to nearest town) & county of record.
Also please include sex, condition of moth & prevailing weather
conditions.
If you find a new county record, please send a low resolution photo
if possible.
Thanks, Mike
24 Aug 2007 © Mike Quinn / entomike@gmail.com / Texas Entomology