Moth Id, Jan 2011

[Crispin]

Together with 6+ Winter moths was this, I am not sure what it is:

Crispin

[Paul]

I think it's one of the very variable Mottled Umbers... this one was on the wall outside today....

[Crispin]

Thanks for the id Paul and I think you could be right but I have just seen Graeme Lyons blog about an male Early Moth in the door way of the local bookies:

http://networkedblogs.com/cxid4

Bit difficult for me to tell them apart, was my photo a Mottled Umber or an Early Moth?

Crispin

[JKT]

It is Erannis defoliaria (Mottled umber).