Wednesday 12 June 2013

Pluck Lake, Swansea

This came to light before the rain on Monday evening.
I'm hoping I have correctly identified it as Parornix scoticella, mainly down to the white palps.
Any other ideas?
Parornix scoticella

2 comments:

  1. These are really tough to separate as adults. And with the best features being on the underside of the forewing cilia I would be reluctant to put a confident name to a photograph. I wasn't aware of the palps being diagnostic, but that doesn't mean that they aren't!

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  2. Thanks for that. Another 'unsure sp.' then!

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