www.ukbutterflies.co.uk

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.

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.

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

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

(2) looks like Agriphila tristella or similar.

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.

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

Those are both Eudonias in Finland.

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:

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.

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.

trapezina
tristella
lurideola
silaceata
truncicolella
quercana

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

OK, I have a few more, any ideas?







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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.

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

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

Greetings
Tymo

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.

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

Gr
Tymo

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?

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