Tuesday 31 May 2022

Crassa (North Bucks)

Is this possibly Nationally Scarce B Crassa tinctella, rather than C. unitella? Just going on horizontal posture, no significant colour contrast between head and thorax, and early flight period. Or maybe something else I've missed completely!



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  1. Dave Wilton31 May 2022 at 17:41

    Hi Keith,
    That looks good for tinctella to me and is quite a nice find. There are somewhere between 15 and 20 post-millennium records for Bucks from right across the county, mostly from older woodland although some are garden sightings. I've certainly had it in Salcey Forest up your way.

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  2. Keith Mitchell31 May 2022 at 21:11

    Thanks for the confirmation, Dave. I potted it up on spec. at about 10:30 pm from the underside of the half-height gazebo which was sheltering the trap from the frequent heavy showers - my homemade-electrics are by no means weatherproof!

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  3. Barnaby Briggs1 June 2022 at 08:09

    And I had one in a garden in Iver, Bucks on 25th May...

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