Friday 19 July 2019

Nemophora metallica and other micros

A few of us made a second moth trapping visit to the Hook Norton Railway Cutting BBOWT reserve. In the evening I must have seen at least 20 Nemophora metallica (I think) just on the scabious heads beside the footpath. There must have been hundreds on the site.



And for confirmation/correction.
1. A Eucosma species possibly obumbratana? 10mm


2. Possibly Ancylis achatana? 9mm


3. Is this just a Borkhausenia fuscescens? 6.5mm


Andy Newbold, Sibford Ferris Oxon.
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4 comments:

  1. Adam Bassett19 July 2019 at 15:04

    Not that I've seen one, but the Eucosma looks more like conterminana to be. Agree 2. 3. Is Teleiodes vulgella.

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  2. Andy Newbold19 July 2019 at 15:39

    Many thanks. I'll look at the Eucosma further. I still have the moth if necessary. I should have got 3! The rain on Wednesday night was just enough to result in a lot of very bedraggled micros to sort through.

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  3. Dave Wilton19 July 2019 at 18:51

    Hi Andy,
    The Eucosma picture is rather on the dark side but to me it is suggestive of one of the hohenwartiana group and, if correct, would need dissection anyway.

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  4. Andy Newbold20 July 2019 at 13:40

    I will keep the moth for dissection along with a few others from the session that I know will need checking.

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