Nice to see a female Black Arches, which posed by a male for me, and a beautiful Blood Vein on the ground near the trap. I had one Strophedra weirana which I also had last year on this site but one puzzle.
I thought initially this would be Aphelia paleana but the palps look much too long in the photo; there is a pale form of the female Sparganothis lipperiana which does have long palps but these don't look quite that long! Forewing length 12mm
Any ideas gratefully received. I have retained it for now.
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| Blood Vein |
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| Black Arches, male left, female right |
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| Query? Aphelia paleana 12mm long |
Pretty sure thats an aberrant Pandemis corylana - very lonng palps
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a very good suggestion, Barry. Shape, size and background colour look good, just no markings. Many thanks. I see I have 6 recorded for that session already so I'll make that 7!
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