Thursday, 28 July 2016

Help please.

Could someone please point me in the right direction as to the identification of the attached, any help greatly received!. Pyrausta?
Steve Lockey (Garsington)

4 comments:

  1. Hi Steve, it's a Ringed China-mark (Parapoynx stratiotata).

    Nigel

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  2. Thanks Nigel, that's a first for me. Hopefully I'll remember next time.

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  3. That's a very smart male and you could be forgiven for not recognising it from the image in the micro field-guide. I had 14 of them in the garden here last night, mostly males but a few of the rather more boring brown females too.

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  4. Thanks Dave, yes I did have some problems finding the little blighter as it's so beautifully marked and the illustration is a little understated.

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