Wednesday 31 May 2017

Darkly Spectacular

Another light left at COAM last night added a few more NFY, including this Dark Spectacle:



and this Map-winged Swift:



plus Purple Bar, Tinea semifulvella, Pandemis cinnamomeana, Evergetis forficalis, Tachystola acroxantha and Double Square-spot.

Also, I'd appreciate some guidance on these:









Dave Morris, Chalfont St Giles



7 comments:

  1. My suggestions are Elachista argentella, ?Nemapogon clematella (would like to see a better picture), Olindia schumacherana and Taleporia tubulosa.

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    1. That was my first thought too - the head looks right for one but the wing shape is very odd. Maybe it is just the way it is sitting. Definitely needs a better picture, Dave!

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  3. Thanx! I had wondered about the Olindia, but I've only seen it with the white all the way across.

    I did retain some of these, but I've left them at the museum; I'll check tomorrow if #2 is one of them.

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  4. No 2 looks a lot like Argyresthia curvella.

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  5. Picked up my bits this morning, and I do still have this moth, so I'll try to compare it against the various suggestions...

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  6. Right, it certainly matches Argyresthia curvella, so unless there are any confusion species or it needs a chop, I'll let it go! (Or not, I have a lot of apple trees in my garden...)

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