That's an interesting looking specimen, Andy. I'd suggest Common Marbled Carpet if the size fits but definitely worth hanging on to for dissection to confirm.
With all the interesting migrants that are around I did have a quick look through the images in the French macro-moth book, just in case! I suspect Marc and I are correct, though, and there do seem to have been a few notable geometer aberrations seen this year. Once its identity has been established you might like to consider sending the picture and a couple of lines of text to Colin Plant for the Entomologist's Record.
To me the shape is more suggestive of a Thera species and the whitish sub-terminal band makes me think Spruce Carpet is the most likely. Fir Carpet of course has a reduced band but usually paler than this and the remnant of the band is attached to the costa.
Looks like an aberrant form of Common Marbled Carpet maybe, spectacular looking moth
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting looking specimen, Andy. I'd suggest Common Marbled Carpet if the size fits but definitely worth hanging on to for dissection to confirm.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks. I will keep it for dissection. At least I wasn't overlooking something really obvious!
ReplyDeleteWith all the interesting migrants that are around I did have a quick look through the images in the French macro-moth book, just in case! I suspect Marc and I are correct, though, and there do seem to have been a few notable geometer aberrations seen this year. Once its identity has been established you might like to consider sending the picture and a couple of lines of text to Colin Plant for the Entomologist's Record.
DeleteTo me the shape is more suggestive of a Thera species and the whitish sub-terminal band makes me think Spruce Carpet is the most likely. Fir Carpet of course has a reduced band but usually paler than this and the remnant of the band is attached to the costa.
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