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Moth ID
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:56 pm
by JIMCOBB49
What is this moth anyone?
Re: Moth ID
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 3:05 pm
by meiga
It could be Adela rufimitrella, but I am no expert on these micro moths.
Cheers
Maurice
Re: Moth ID
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:02 pm
by JIMCOBB49
Thanks Maurice Jim
Re: Moth ID
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:18 pm
by Padfield
I'm not at all an expert either, but in the past I've identified things very similar to this as
Adela reaumurella. I see them flying around hawthorn during the green hairstreak season in June:
It would be good to know if I was wrong and they are a related species.
Guy
Re: Moth ID
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:48 pm
by meiga
Hi Guy
Yes you could be correct. A. reaumurella is a day flying moth, usually seen in May and June. Flies in numbers above trees, large swarms at times.
Cheers
Maurice
Re: Moth ID
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:17 pm
by Allan.W.
I reckon its Cauchas Rufimitrella . Allan.W.
Shape of antennae and white Antennae endings .............................Happy to be corrected!
Re: Moth ID
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 10:19 pm
by meiga
Hi folks
The name I used, Adela rufimitrella, is the one given in my British Moths, by Chris Manley. 2008. It would appear that it has changed it's name since then to Cauchas rufimitrella and is the one in current use. Still the same moth.
Cheers
Maurice
Re: Moth ID
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 12:49 pm
by Padfield
Thanks Allan and Maurice. I can see that you're right. I think the moths in my picture (I said flying over hawthorn, though the tree there is obviously chestnut) are indeed
reaumurella, though, as the antennae were much longer. Here's a closer crop of some:
They were flying with green hairstreaks, one of which is visible in the first picture.
Guy
Re: Moth ID
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 6:52 pm
by Neil Freeman
meiga wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 10:19 pm
Hi folks
The name I used, Adela rufimitrella, is the one given in my British Moths, by Chris Manley. 2008. It would appear that it has changed it's name since then to Cauchas rufimitrella and is the one in current use. Still the same moth.
Cheers
Maurice
Yep, the same moth. I have Manley 3rd edition published in 2021 which has the new name.
Adella reaumeralla is unchanged however just to prove that nothing is ever simple.
Cheers,
Neil.
Re: Moth ID
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2023 7:54 am
by downland boy
Hi chaps,
If I might throw in my penny’s worth, my instinct says that it is a female reaumurella. Her antennae are half the length of those of the male and the outer halves are white, not just the ends.
All the best, Nigel.
Re: Moth ID
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2023 7:48 am
by Neil Freeman
downland boy wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2023 7:54 am
Hi chaps,
If I might throw in my penny’s worth, my instinct says that it is a female reaumurella. Her antennae are half the length of those of the male and the outer halves are white, not just the ends.
All the best, Nigel.
Looking again, I would agree.
Cheers,
Neil.