We went for an evening walk in a field close to home last night. We saw lots of the commoner things like Celypha lacunana and white plume. Towards the end, sitting on a thistle was this moth:
Can someone confirm that this is Commophila aeneana, please? (There is a sensible amount of ragwort in the field). If so it seems to have a very restricted distribution?
Thanks.
Phil Cutt
Grendon Underwood
Hi Phil, yes that's aeneana. Nice moth isn't it.
ReplyDeleteVery efficient on this blog! Thank you, yes it is very striking but I thought mine had a little too much black compared to the book and others photos.
ReplyDeletePhil
ReplyDeleteCan you please supply a 6 fig grid ref so that I can put the record in the Bucks database. Do you have other Bucks moth records?
Thanks