Sunday 26 February 2012

Rhoose Point

Hebrew Character & Dotted Border again this morning, plus a Common Quaker. Does anyone have any thoughts on the micro below? It looks like an Acleris to me, but I can't pin down which one...

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  1. It's an Acleris alright. Difficult to tell which one from the photo. It looks grey, so it could be sparsana.

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  2. It's definately grey, but the flight season in the books is Aug to Oct, so would be either v early (or late!) if it were sparsana...?

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  4. From British Torticoid Moths for Acleris sparsana: "August to October, hibernating until the following spring (Williams, 1915: 220), specimens having been taken as late as the 25th May (Meldola, 1915: 198)."

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