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Moth - France, August (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Tri-Counties Birder
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honeym
Well-known member
Hi Sean
A bit tricky from the photograph but it looks pyralid - with the antennae folded back over the body. As far as I can see it looks rather like Aglossa signicostalis Staudinger 1871 (see http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Aglossa_Signicostalis). If correct, it could be new to France (according to the Fauna Europaea website). The larvae of this species are recorded as being myrmecophilous.
Or, more likely, it's just a dark A. caprealis.
Do you know where in France it was taken?
Best wishes
Martin
A bit tricky from the photograph but it looks pyralid - with the antennae folded back over the body. As far as I can see it looks rather like Aglossa signicostalis Staudinger 1871 (see http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Aglossa_Signicostalis). If correct, it could be new to France (according to the Fauna Europaea website). The larvae of this species are recorded as being myrmecophilous.
Or, more likely, it's just a dark A. caprealis.
Do you know where in France it was taken?
Best wishes
Martin
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Tri-Counties Birder
AKA The Portland Naturalist
Near Bergerac, which is about 115km east of Bordeaux.
honeym
Well-known member
Hi Sean
That's quite some distance west of the known distribution of signicostalis that I think it's more likely to be A. caprealis. Without out a specimen, to check other characters, I guess we will never know for certain but I think it's a reasonable match for several images of the latter on the web.
Martin
That's quite some distance west of the known distribution of signicostalis that I think it's more likely to be A. caprealis. Without out a specimen, to check other characters, I guess we will never know for certain but I think it's a reasonable match for several images of the latter on the web.
Martin
Tri-Counties Birder
AKA The Portland Naturalist
Many thanks, Martin.
