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Post by davemangham on Jul 8, 2015 14:03:00 GMT
Crambidae family I believe, and I'm guessing at Eudonia murana, but any help would be appreciated! Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.  Micro_MothA4-0039 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr |
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 8, 2015 17:11:15 GMT
You're certainly in the right area but do find these scoparids tricky.E.murana appears to be a fairly northerly species but otherwise looks fairly good. Not one I've seen in the south-east.
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Post by davemangham on Jul 8, 2015 18:42:46 GMT
Thanks Aeshna5. Having looked into it a bit further, it would appear that I may not be within the documented range of Eudonia murana, and if I am, I'm right a the Southern limit (however, did anyone tell this to the moth I photograped?). On the balance of probability based on location, it's more likely to be Eudonia truncicolella, and apparently these 2 species are difficlt to tell apart even using dissection.
Thanks for your help
Dave
p.s. Is there anybody else out there who can throw any light on the situation, particularly regarding range limits?
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Post by htcdude on Jul 9, 2015 9:46:12 GMT
These are quite tricky, to me this has more of a feeling of Eudonia lacustrata. I've had a few looking similar to this which I originally thought were E truncicolella, but was corrected by the county recorder.
Nige
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