Agonopterix (or Acleris?) sp. with 'go-faster' stripes
Agonopterix ocellana ?
Agonopterix or Depressaria sp. ?
Help with identifying the two darker moths would be very welcome. In the meantime, I will endeavour to obtain some better photos in due course if I can coax them out of their tubes.
Amongst the macros, Dotted Border, Oak beauty and Brindled Beauty were firsts for the year, i.e. I didn't get them on the previous night!
Further images of the two dark brown micros:
Further images of the two dark brown micros:
The above could be a form of Acleris hastiana (Ian's suggestion)
The white thorax/head combination may be distinctive, Acleris liturosa aand A.conterminella are two possibilities but the overall shape of the moth (rounded shoulders, blunt forewing apex) are more Tortrix-like, in which case I'm stumped!
Another Agonopterix ocellana found on a crate near the trap site.
The first one: to be honest, I`m NOT sure at all what it is but suggest perhaps one of the many forms of Acleris hastiana (see Chris Manley`s book at top of p 135) or even (but less plausibly) a fancy type of oak nycteoline that is unknown to me...I don`t know! I could well be `way off mark`...best to await a more knowledgeable verdict.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ian. After a lot of Googling etc I also have been homing in on Acleris hastiana for the moth with the 'go faster' stripes, I found an image with this sort of wing colouration on-line. Further photos are being posted.
ReplyDeleteChris, I think your second one is A. hastiana too - if you Google Acleris hastiana you can see several examples and also one like your "go faster stripes". I had a moth exactly like your second example in 28/2/2012 which I decided was hastiana - I don't think I can attach it here though - email me on rsroyle *at* orlandon.co.uk if you want to see it.
ReplyDeleteThank you Rosemary, it would make sense, the shape and wing texture of the two moths are very similar and I know it to be a very variable species. I would very much like to see your image and will email you later on.
DeleteYes, as Rosemary says - two forms of A hastiana. Not a common sp though.
DeleteThanks Sam. Rosemary sent me some images which more or less confirmed it for me, but I'd already frozen the two moths with a view to taking them to Preston Montford in 3 weeks time, I'm attending one of Dave Grundy's dissection courses. Never too late to teach an old dog new tricks!!
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