Saturday 27 April 2019

2 pugs and a micro for ID please


Micro circa 10mm

Brindled Pug?

Double-striped Pug ?

Alan Diver
Tackley

3 comments:

  1. Hello Alan, the pugs look to me like Brindled and Double-striped respectively. The micro is a Pyralid and is probably something like Ephestia elutella or Ephestia unicolorella but it would need a better picture to be sure (in any case, those two species need dissection to separate safely).

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  2. Thanks Dave,

    Should I list it as Ephestia agg.?

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  3. For your own records there's no problem recording it like that, Alan, and it'll maybe serve as a reminder for when you come across it again, as I suspect you will. However, micro-moth aggregates are often not a lot of help to your county recorder for the National Moth Recording Scheme and I suspect are likely to be quietly put to one side and forgotten about!

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