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Friday, 2 June 2017

Commophila aeneana

 
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
 
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3 comments:

  1. Peter Hall2 June 2017 at 17:44

    Hi Phil, yes that's aeneana. Nice moth isn't it.

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  2. Phil Cutt2 June 2017 at 18:08

    Very 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.

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  3. Martin Albertini2 June 2017 at 19:15

    Phil
    Can 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

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