Thursday 18 July 2019

Some confirmations please

First two I think maybe Crambus perlella (2 different individuals) rather than simply worn C. culmella. I don't often get them.




Riband Wave? Looks a bit different in shape and the speckling but I can't think what else it might be?


I think this next one is an (ex) Udea prunalis. The first one I've caught ever.






Finally I'm thinking Phycita roborella





Mark Griffiths, Garsington, Oxford.
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5 comments:

  1. Dave Wilton18 July 2019 at 11:15

    Hi Mark,
    All correct: Crambus perlella, Riband Wave, Udea prunalis and Phycita roborella. Crambus perlella is starting to get a bit long in the tooth now, having been out since the end of May. It is usually obvious because of the shiny white colouring of its wings which probably doesn't show so well in pictures, especially of worn specimens.

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  2. Mark Griffiths18 July 2019 at 11:59

    thanks Dave!

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  3. Richard Pugsley18 July 2019 at 20:53

    Just to say I have found Crambus perlella today for the first time this year in Botley in the west of Oxford. I have been trapping regularly. Is that just coincidence with Mark's finding?

    Richard

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  4. Dave Wilton18 July 2019 at 22:25

    Co-incidence, I suspect. While it is a common moth it doesn't often come to light in any number, unlike for example Chrysoteuchia culmella or Agriphila tristella.

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  5. Richard Pugsley19 July 2019 at 14:21

    Ok, thank you Dave!

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