And earliest garden records for Muslin moth and Small Pheonix. Also this worn tortricid - any ideas anyone? Looks a bit like Clepsis consimilana but surely too early - perhaps just postvittana?
Saturday, 14 April 2012
Llandaff North - GMS
Things finally starting to pick up a bit after a lean spell, with this smart little oecophorid, Agonopterix alstromeriana, new for the garden last night:
And earliest garden records for Muslin moth and Small Pheonix. Also this worn tortricid - any ideas anyone? Looks a bit like Clepsis consimilana but surely too early - perhaps just postvittana?
And earliest garden records for Muslin moth and Small Pheonix. Also this worn tortricid - any ideas anyone? Looks a bit like Clepsis consimilana but surely too early - perhaps just postvittana?
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George - another possibility for the tortricid is Aphelia viburnana? I saw a couple of those last year, the first on 12th June.
ReplyDeleteWithout checking the book, I'm not sure, but it has a prominent costal fold. I'd say it's a Clepsis, but you should probably dissect it.
ReplyDeleteAnd the verdict is...
ReplyDeleteE postvittana
Grrrr
It's all good practice!
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