Few Moths again

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:22 am

I know this is a butterfly site, but a load of moths came to the window lst night and just would like to know what these are:

Few of these around:

Is this a common footman? I saw 2-3:

And a few ot these (is this a type of carpet moth cause I looked UKMoths and could not find it, could be wrong):

And finally whats this?

Also saw:

3-4 Yellow Tails
1 Large Yellow Underwing
1 (something, but it was being eaten by a spider)
1 White Shoulderd House Moth

good for only a lighted window and about 1 hour.

James M · Post by **James M** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:39 pm

Number one looks like a Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina don't know about 2, 3 I think your right with the Common Footman. Number 4 I think is a carpet called the Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata I caught one myself the other night, and don't know about number five as I'm hopeless at micros.

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:44 pm

Yes, small pheonix and dun-bar, thanks. I am not good with Micros yet either, learning though.

JKT · Post by **JKT** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:50 pm

The last is probably Eudonia sp. - at least it belongs to Scopariinae. That group requires a real expert!

Matsukaze · Post by **Matsukaze** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:01 pm

(2) looks like Agriphila tristella or similar.

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:51 am

Think seecond pic might be Crambus silvella I have a side view pic somewhere I will find and upload.

Think last one is either:

Dipleurina lacustrata
Eudonia truncicolella

OK, thats a bit hard for me to tell right now. Least we have right family.

I found a moth in that family round my area before and Ian Kimbler from UKMoths told that it was [img]Scoparia%20basistrigalis[/img] but I don't think that last pic there was.

JKT · Post by **JKT** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:36 pm

Dave McCormick wrote:Think last one is either:
Dipleurina lacustrata
Eudonia truncicolella

Those are both Eudonias in Finland.

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:06 pm

OK, I have one more. I think its a type of tortrix moth. I looked through UKMoths but could not find it, any ideas? I took this today:

Matsukaze · Post by **Matsukaze** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:26 pm

Hi Dave,

Could it be Carcina quercana? It looks like a tortrix but isn't:

http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=658

Interestingly I got a similar selection of moths to your earlier photos this weekend on an area of acid heath/coniferous scrub (Priddy Mineries/Stockhill) - the moths in my garden are completely different.

JKT · Post by **JKT** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:34 pm

Matsukaze wrote:Could it be Carcina quercana? It looks like a tortrix but isn't:
http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=658

I think you got it nailed. The overly long antennae were a good hint to look outside Tortricidae. I tried ... and failed.

Tymo · Post by **Tymo** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:15 pm

trapezina
tristella
lurideola
silaceata
truncicolella
quercana

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:16 am

Thanks for ID. Looks like a tortrix moth, but noticed longer antennae than they have. I looked outside Torticidae, but failed also

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:50 am

OK, I have a few more, any ideas?

[/img]

JKT · Post by **JKT** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:00 pm

The first two are easy: Rivula sericealis and Scotopteryx chenopodiata. The third looks a bit like a relatively common Pyralid, but I'm not sure. The last belongs to Tortricidae, but I won't go further than that.

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:06 am

Thanks for the first two, I thought the second was Scotopteryx chenopodiata. I found Pyralids harder to ID sometimes. Thanks anyway.

Tymo · Post by **Tymo** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:56 am

The 3th is Udea prunalis, last one a Tortricid Bactra spec. (lancealana or lacteana).

Greetings
Tymo

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:36 pm

I don't know last one I posted. I have two more:

Is this a mother of pearl?:

- I can't remember when I took that, but I think its a month later than the Mother of Pearl actually comes out.

Tymo · Post by **Tymo** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:19 pm

It's Eucosma cana or hohenwartiana, and your last one you identified is correct!

Gr
Tymo

55bloke · Post by **55bloke** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:01 pm

This looks like a good place to post pics of mystery moths! I'm fascinated by the micro lepidoptera, there's just soooooooooooo many of the little blighters, and many of them are beautiful once you take the time to look close. Absolutely no idea what any of them are though.

Spotted this beauty flying by day in Jersey last year. Any ideas?

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:54 pm

Hi 55Bloke,

is this your moth? http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1362 (Pyrausta purpuralis) or this: http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1361 (Pyrausta aurata)? If not try here: http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/systematic.php#Pyralidae