A few micros from the last few nights that might be of interest.
I had put the first down as Delplanqueia inscriptella but had let it go before realising it is a grade 4 moth. I have had one confirmed previous site record.
The second is Ethmia dodecea. A new garden record.
The third I think must be the melanic form of Archips podana. I don't know how unusual these are. I have not seen one before.
Andy Newbold, Sibford Ferris, Oxon.
Hi Andy,
ReplyDeleteSo far as I'm aware, Delplanqueia inscriptella is still the only one of that pair known from our area, but it does really need dissection to prove that dilutella hasn't appeared by stealth. Most of my own records are from chalk grassland sites but it turned up in the garden in 2016 and has re-appeared in most subsequent years. This season's first visitor here was on 17th June and, unusually, the garden traps have caught a further ten since then, so it may be a species on the move. I've had it in two local woodlands this year too, neither of which have much (if any) Wild Thyme, so perhaps there's been some migration. All the more reason to get the moth checked if you see it again.
I will retain one if I get another.
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