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A Blog for moth recorders in Bucks, Berks and Oxon
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
An early moth
I found a micro moth in my bathroom this afternoon, which after potting up looks like Celypha lacunana. This seems ridiculously out of season, as I thought they emerged in May. There is a banana plant over wintering in the bathroom at present and I wondered if it might have emerged from here and got a bit confused with the warm temperature.
Adam Bassett, Marlow Bottom, Bucks
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Certainly looks like Celypha lacunana to me, Adam. It feeds on a wide range of plants and is supposed to over-winter as an early-instar larva but the warm autumn (and/or your warm house) could have upset the normal pattern of events.
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