Tuesday 14 July 2015

Help/Confirmation

Scarce Footman?

Pyrausta  ???
Thorn maybe?
Please could you help me with the above?. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious on the third  one.

Thanks,

Steve Lockey (Garsington)

2 comments:

  1. Hello Steve, correct with Scarce Footman but the other two are pyralid micro-moths. The first is Hypsopygia costalis and the second is Endotricha flammealis. Both of these species have two different resting positions (as does the related Orthopygia glaucinalis) which can sometimes cause a bit of confusion to the uninitiated. They are quite common so worth getting used to!

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  2. Thankyou, resting positions are different again from some of the illustrations and it seems need to be looked at very carefully, You're dead right about causing confusion!.

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