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Few Moths again
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:22 am
by Dave McCormick
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.
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:39 pm
by James M
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.
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:44 pm
by Dave McCormick
Yes, small pheonix and dun-bar, thanks. I am not good with Micros yet either, learning though.
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:50 pm
by JKT
The last is probably Eudonia sp. - at least it belongs to Scopariinae. That group requires a real expert!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:01 pm
by Matsukaze
(2) looks like Agriphila tristella or similar.
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:51 am
by Dave McCormick
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.
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:36 pm
by JKT
Dave McCormick wrote:Think last one is either:
Dipleurina lacustrata
Eudonia truncicolella
Those are both
Eudonias in Finland.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:06 pm
by Dave McCormick
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:
![Image](http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/7113/yellowmoth1bj2.jpg)
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:26 pm
by Matsukaze
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.
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:34 pm
by JKT
I think you got it nailed. The overly long antennae were a good hint to look outside
Tortricidae. I tried ... and failed.
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:15 pm
by Tymo
trapezina
tristella
lurideola
silaceata
truncicolella
quercana
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:16 am
by Dave McCormick
Thanks for ID. Looks like a tortrix moth, but noticed longer antennae than they have. I looked outside Torticidae, but failed also
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:50 am
by Dave McCormick
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:00 pm
by JKT
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.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:06 am
by Dave McCormick
Thanks for the first two, I thought the second was Scotopteryx chenopodiata. I found Pyralids harder to ID sometimes. Thanks anyway.
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:56 am
by Tymo
The 3th is Udea prunalis, last one a Tortricid Bactra spec. (lancealana or lacteana).
Greetings
Tymo
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:36 pm
by Dave McCormick
I don't know last one I posted. I have two more:
Is this a mother of pearl?:
![Image](http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/974/motherofpearlyp9.jpg)
- I can't remember when I took that, but I think its a month later than the Mother of Pearl actually comes out.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:19 pm
by Tymo
It's Eucosma cana or hohenwartiana, and your last one you identified is correct!
Gr
Tymo
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:01 pm
by 55bloke
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.
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Spotted this beauty flying by day in Jersey last year. Any ideas?
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:54 pm
by Dave McCormick