Thursday 14 October 2021

Lunar Underwing???

 I can only assume this is 'Lunar' but have never seen a form anywhere near these colours. Please confirm or put me straight!

Thanks, David



2 comments:

  1. Hi David,
    That's a Beaded Chestnut, I'm afraid. It is highly variable moth, in fact even more variable than the four illustrations in the field guide might suggest, and some of the forms you'd think might be another species altogether. Most of the range is well illustrated on the british lepidoptera weebly website maintained by Chris Lewis:
    https://britishlepidoptera.weebly.com/186-agrochola-lychnidis-beaded-chestnut.html

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  2. Thanks, Dave - very helpful.I had no idea, but will look more carefully in future!

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