Tuesday 20 August 2013

ID query

This looks very striking and quite like Adoxophyes orana in Sterling & Parsons, though unlikely, but otherwise I'm stuck! Any suggestions? Came to the garden light in Gowerton on 8th August.
Length approx 8mm

8 comments:

  1. Many thanks. That certainly agrees with some images online. Not a form I have seen before!

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  2. No problems Chris, the pattern is quite stellated and almost reminiscent of Pandemis corylana, must be a variation as there are 1 or 2 on google images similiar to yours.
    Cheers
    Ben

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  3. Thanks for your help Ben. We even have privet in the garden, and I have seen the usual form several times previously.

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  4. I'd have dismissed it down as postvittana!

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  5. According to Bradley et al, it can't be consimiliana - the costal fold is too short. Could be one of the other Clepsis species (spectrana?).

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  6. I've consulted a few of my fellow county recorders and they agree with my original determination of Epiphyas postvitana. There is a particularly good example on the Northumberland moths website (http://www.northumberlandmoths.org.uk/admin/getthumbs.php?id=860) that shows the reticulation of Chris' moth, albeit a darker example.

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  7. Many thanks Dave. I certainly wouldn't have got that! The power of photography!

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