The temperature last night dropped to 1.5C but I found 18 moths of 9 species, including three totally new to me - Yellow Horned, Tawny Pinion and an, as yet, unidentified micro. I think this may be of the Gracillariidae family but I haven't found a match yet.
It is a Caloptilia, probably betulicola/elongella - but this pair is tricky to separate.
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Thanks George. I'll log it as Caloptilia sp.
ReplyDeleteI usually release the moths at the earliest opportunity after taking a picture but this one must have been missed because I found it in a pot on my worktable in the garage this afternoon. Been there for over a week but still appears to be standing .... is it worth someone having a look? Neither of the species you named are on the ST08 list that Dave sent me in 2013.