Egyptian Moth to ID please

[Charles Nicol]

My brother took this pic in Cairo this week... do you know what kind of moth it is ?

Thanks

Charles

[Trev Sawyer]

Hi Charles,
Judging by the pattern on it's wing, it looks like a "Heart and Dart" (Agrotis exclamationis). If not, it must be a very closely-related species.

Trev

[dorsetguy]

Hi Charles,
Judging by the pattern on it's wing, it looks like a "Heart and Dart" (Agrotis exclamationis). If not, it must be a very closely-related species.

Trev

Yes, I'd say it's the closely related Dark Sword-grass - Agrotis ipsilon, an almost cosmopolitan species.

Guy

[Charles Nicol]

thanks for that Trev & dorsetguy. I will let my brother know !!

Charles

[Dave McCormick]

Yep, I'd second Dark Sword Grass. I found a migrant one last year.

[Charles Nicol]

thanks for that Dave

i have told my brother to take more Egyptian moth & butterfly pics.

C