Friday, 17 July 2020

A pug and a micro

Pug - Currant or Wormwood? 22mm wingspan.


This micro looks so distinctive but I am failing to identify it. 8mm in length.

Andy Newbold, Sibford Ferris, Oxon.

4 comments:

  1. Hi Andy,

    The micro is Anarsia innoxiella which isn't in the micro field guide because it was only described as a species a couple of years ago. It had previously been confused with Anarsia lineatella (the Peach Twig Borer).

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  2. Hi Andy. The micro seems to be Anarsia innoxiella. This is a newly-described moth (Gegersen & Karsholt, 2017), previously confused with A. lineatella. I only know this because Dave Wilton pointed me to it when I caught one a month or so ago.

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  3. Dave got his post in while I was pecking ineptly on my phone!

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  4. Many thanks for your help (both of you!) At least you both gave the same answer. I'm glad I'm not the only one who fumbles around with a mobile phone.

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