Thursday, 11 June 2020

Completely stumped!

Hi all. Help please ! I can't get anywhere near hazarding a guess at this micro despite repeated examination of Sterling and Parsons. It was fairly small - probably 6-7 mm long - and I am sure I have never seen anything like it before in the trap. It flew off before I could get a side view, but it sat fairly flat on the posing log and I am pretty sure it did not have any dorsal scale tufts. As you can see it does have prominent labial palps.


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  1. Nigel11 June 2020 at 14:26

    Hi Alistair, it looks like Anarsia innoxiella to me.

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    1. Alastair Driver11 June 2020 at 14:31

      Yes thankyou - just been identified as that as well on Twitter. No wonder I couldn't find it in Sterling and Parsons - it's not in there!

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