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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2015 8:59:59 GMT
My friend sent me this image of a moth taken in southern England this week which has him stumped, any idea's. Attachments:
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Post by nomad on Aug 31, 2015 6:53:56 GMT
This one has me foxed. It is a pity the image was not of a higher resolution. dunc where was it seen in Southern England and in what habitat. If it is now a specimen, can you ask your friend for images?
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Post by nomad on Aug 31, 2015 8:21:24 GMT
Well, the only British moths that have those tufts on the thorax are the Prominent moths of the Notodontinae family, but there does not seem to be a good British Match unless this is a faded example or a very rare immigrant. It does look like the Large Dark Prominent Notodonta torva but this has only been recorded twice in Britain. It could be a dark faded example of the common Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius, which usually occurs in the north.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2015 10:10:00 GMT
It has the leading moth experts in the country puzzled with this one, it is the only picture available as it was taken by mobile phone, the moth was then released, the location was Kent.
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Post by nomad on Aug 31, 2015 10:15:23 GMT
It is a pity because the ID of the moth may never be now known.
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Post by nomad on Aug 31, 2015 14:44:31 GMT
If this is a small moth it could be the Tawney-marbled Minor Oliga latruncula which has a series of small tufts on the back of the thorax like the specimen in the photograph and the forewings look very similar. The only problem with that moth is that is flies until the end of July. Perhaps, this is a late specimen. I was wrong is asserting only the Prominents have those thorax tufts,a few Noctuidae do and these are usually more in number than those from Notodontidae family.
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