Common Wave? (1 Viewer)

walwyn

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• Oct 11, 2016

• #1

Is this cabera exanthemata?

 

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Paul Chapman

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• Oct 11, 2016

• #2

It is a pyralid - Mother of Pearl - pretty worn though:-

http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/pleuroptya-ruralis/adult/

All the best

 

walwyn

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• Oct 11, 2016

• #3

Thanks.

 

honeym

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• Oct 12, 2016

• #4

One way to identify pyralids (generally) is that they rest with the antennae laid back over the body. Had this been White Wave the antennae would have been tucked under the forewing when at rest.
Martin