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poss day flying moth? Syria (1 Viewer)

jogresh

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I had a poss day flying moth in an area of extensive mountainous Mediterranean coniferous forest in Syria (Al Fronloq), they were in the open along rides and firebreaks. It was towards the end of April and daytime temps were getting into the low 20's deg C. At the time i was convinced they were butterflies, but now i'm leaning towards a day flying moth?... You will need to zoom in a bit. TIA.
 

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Opening the photo my thoughts were identical to Andy's. Looks very similar to ours- maybe a different sub-species or sibling species? Maybe Martin will know for sure?
 
It may be a little out of date (and I don't know if there's been a revision) but the NHM card catalogue (LepIndex) lists about a dozen species, with ennomosaria as a junior synonym of himaleyica. This one may be P. syriacata.
 
A quote from The Geometrid Moths of Europe vol. 5 might be of interest:

"Non-European Pseudopanthera syriacata .... from Middle East is almost identical in wing pattern and coloration".

For me, syriacata still looks a better match - but we will never know for sure.

Martin
 
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