Hi Alan, your first query is just Pleuroptya ruralis - they don't always sit the way it shows in the book. The second is an unidentifiable Yponomeuta species. Apart from Y.evonymella with its extra spots and plumbella/sedella which are obviously different, you may as well consign the others to the bin because they are not safely separable either on sight or via dissection. Surely you must be kidding with your "Wave/Carpet/Pug"?! This is a very well marked example of a very common macro-moth - back to the books! The next is Catoptria falsella and I agree with your choice of Pyrausta purpuralis for the final one.
Hi Alan, your first query is just Pleuroptya ruralis - they don't always sit the way it shows in the book. The second is an unidentifiable Yponomeuta species. Apart from Y.evonymella with its extra spots and plumbella/sedella which are obviously different, you may as well consign the others to the bin because they are not safely separable either on sight or via dissection. Surely you must be kidding with your "Wave/Carpet/Pug"?! This is a very well marked example of a very common macro-moth - back to the books! The next is Catoptria falsella and I agree with your choice of Pyrausta purpuralis for the final one.
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ReplyDeleteThat'll be green pug then. As you say very well marked.
Alan
No, not Green Pug. Go back to the Waves and have a look at Single-dotted...
DeleteThanks again!
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