Catches this summer in Wolvercote, Oxfordshire, have been significantly down on last year, for obvious reasons, although a number of interesting species have shown up. This individual was in the trap on 12th August, and immediately struck me as looking unfamiliar.
A possible match seems to me to be White-line Dart: I'm encouraged by the mention of variability of the species in appearance and in size (this one would be on the large side: 17-18mm), and I think I see what might be described as arrowheads, as mentioned in the mothing Bible. Is that a reasonable identification, or is there something else obvious that I'm missing?
Steve Goddard
Hello Steve,
ReplyDeleteI find that it is always best to assume that a moth you don't immediately recognise is going to be a form of something common, so work your way through them before starting on the rarities! I'd take a closer look at Square-spot Rustic...
Fair point, Dave -- and one which should have occurred to me...
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