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| Clouded Drab (left) Lead-coloured Drab? (right) |
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| Lead-coloured Drabs? (left hand same as above) |
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| Lead-coloured Drab? |
......at least I find them difficult.
Four different moths here, all from last night in my Witney garden. Any guidance on identification appreciated. I'm pretty confident of the Clouded Drab, that wing shape is very distinctive.
All Clouded Drab for me I'm afraid, Nic.
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DeleteThanks very much Dave.
You've got a mix of males and females there which might account for some of the variation. You've managed to get them all to show their antennae which is useful. Males of Lead-coloured have 'properly' bipectinate antennae (the feathering is obvious to the naked eye) while those on males of Clouded Drab are also bipectinate but the pectinations look more like stubs and are really only visible under a hand lens. The females of both species do have pectinations too but they're even shorter and more difficult to see.
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