Sunday, 26 April 2020

Help with a micro please

I'd welcome help with this micro caught in the Robinson trap in my Sonning garden last night. I've had a good look in Sterling and Parsons and online and can't even get it down to a single family. I think my options are Diurnea fagella, Carpatolechia proximella or one of the Crambids. Any help much appreciated. Also caught this lovely specimen of Phtheochroa rugosana.

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Phtheochroa rugosana

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2 comments:

  1. Dave Wilton26 April 2020 at 20:51

    Hello Alastair,
    The first micro is a scoparid and the wing shape suggests Eudonia angustea which can be found at almost any time of the year. The markings do look a bit odd, though.

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  2. Martin Harvey26 April 2020 at 20:53

    Agree with Dave

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