Exactly. The photo I have is of the moth in a resting position. Is there a publication or web-site that may have a confirming view?
    Art
>
> From: "Harry G. Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2004/08/13 Fri PM 06:33:40 EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: A moth
>
> Listers,
>
> As Andy R. so arduously attempted a moth-to-mollusk segue, let me suggest
> that the specific epithet lecontei refers to one of the men in a dynasty of
> Southern planters, agronomists, explorers, and academicians - each of whom
> was a bona fide naturalist with at least some interest in conchology:
>
> (1) Lewis LeConte of Woodmanston Plantation, GA and his sons (2) Joseph and
> (3) John.
> Lewis'  brother, (4) Major John Eaton LeConte II and his son (5) John
> Lawrence LeConte (cousin to John and Joseph).
>
> Lewis LeConte found the first Alasmidonta arcula, Lampsilis dolabraeformis,
> and Villosa splendida - all originally named by Isaac Lea in the 1830's.
>
> Joseph studied naiades under Louis Agassiz; later he served as president
> (1891) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
> and founded the Sierra Club with John Muir.  The fossil pulmonate
> landsnail, Pyramidula lecontei Stearns, 1902 (now a Discus) was named for
> him the year after his death.
>
> John was a collector, but he will be best remembered as the President of
> the University of California, a position he assumed in 1875.
>
> Major LeConte collected on his military expeditions in the American
> southeast (including the St. Johns River), on which he discovered the
> naiades Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824, and Fusconaia succissa (I. Lea, 1852)
> as well as the well-known Applesnail, Pomacea paludosa (Say, 1829).
>
> John Lawrence LeConte was a Harvard classmate of his cousins John and
> Joseph.  He later became an authority on the Coleoptera (beetles), and was
> the President of the AAAS 17 years before his cousin, Joe.  John Lawrence
> is likely the honoree in the moth binomen below, and the fossil mactrid
> clam, Rangei lecontei (Conrad, 1853) is also his patronymic.
>
> Does anyone know after whom Mt. LeConte (TN) is named?  I suspect Joe, but
> perhaps more than one of these past masters in the annals of natural history.
>
> Harry
>
>
> At 02:28 PM 8/13/2004, you wrote:
> >Regarding the moth identity, I forwarded the e-mail posting to John
> >Rawlins, an entomologist at the Carnegie Museum and based upon the
> >description he offered the following opinion....
> >
> >Charlie:
> >
> >One of 2-3 species of Haploa (Arctiidae: Callimorphinae).... probably
> >Haploa lecontei.  The crucifix shows when the wings are in the resting
> >posture.....
> >
> >Hope this helps.
> >
> >regards,
> >Charlie
> >
> >On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >
> > > Sorry, this is not about a shell.
> > >  A friend brought me a photo of a moth. Adams County, Ohio. About an
> > inch and a half. Pure white with black lining the edge. In the center is
> > a black figure that suggests a crucifix. Can't find it it my moth and
> > flutterby book. I would be almost sure that such a moth would have to be
> > called "The Crucifix Moth". But what do I know.
> > >    Ideas?
> > >       Thanks,
> > >           Art
>
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