Saturday, 17 June 2023

Off-nominal? micro (Stoke Goldington)

After a bit of initial head scratching, I sort of came to the conclusion that micro 1 is probably  an atypical  Aleimma loeflingiana (with a ghosting of the usual markings).

My garden borders a rough field (this year with unmown grass) and I catch a procession of S. pyralella. Micro 2 has markedly less contrast and is perhaps a candidate for ambigualis?

Micro 3  (Morophaga choragella) 3 is new for the garden.











2 comments:

  1. Hi Keith,
    Yes to all three. Aleimma loeflingiana does vary considerably and that's quite a nice form of it that you have there.

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  2. Hi Keith, For me, moth 2 has the hallmarks of a (faded) S. pyralella.

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