Thursday, 14 July 2022

Nepticulid?

 I got a photo of this micro (or nano!) by accident, as an interloper in another shot. By comparison with its companion, which I believe is Gypsonoma minutana, the FL must be ~ 2.5 mm. Having trawled through all the images I could find on Moth Dissection, I found it looked closest to Ectoedemia heringi or E. subbimaculella, but lacks the white spot on the costa.
So I wonder whether there are any other candidates, or whether Ectoedemia sp. is as close as I can get?






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  1. Dave Wilton16 July 2022 at 12:12

    Hi Phil,
    Unfortunately there are very few Nepticulids which can safely be identified on sight. You are correct that it should be an Ectoedemia but I wouldn't want to go further (despite being so tiny they can generally be ID'd via dissection). I agree with Gypsonoma minutana.

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  2. Phil Tizzard16 July 2022 at 19:17

    Thanks,
    Phil

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