Monday 13 September 2021

stumped by these 2 so help appreciated please!

Failing to id some new (to me) moths from my trap on 7 Sept, a nice warm evening.  The totrix looks like a marble but doesn't quite fit any descriptions I've found and I don't know where to start with the lovely leaf look alike




.  So your help would be much appreciated.  Many thanks

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3 comments:

  1. Nigel13 September 2021 at 20:33

    Hi Mary-Anne, the 'leafy' one is a lacewing, Drepanepteryx phalaenoides.

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  2. Dave Wilton13 September 2021 at 21:13

    Hi Mary-Anne,

    Yes, Nigel is quite right about the first one and it ought really to be an honorary moth because it comes not infrequently to light traps and often catches people out! The tortrix is our old friend Celypha lacunana.

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  3. Mary-Anne Hall14 September 2021 at 09:48

    Thank you both - only knew the green lacewings so thanks for introducing me to another. I had foolishly dismissed Celypha lacunana for the tortrix because of the colour so another lesson to be learnt!

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