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Moth help, Corsica. (1 Viewer)

thomasclark1985

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Hi,

Can I have some help with these please? I do not have a guide for moths outside of the UK, which leads to my next question - can anyone make any recommendations for European moth guides? I presume one doesn't exist for it's entirety, due to number of species, so any regional ones will be great.

1) Yellow Shell?

2) This was a large moth.

3+4) The same moth.

5) Pug sp.

Many thanks,

Tom
 

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2 Is a Hummingbird Hawkmoth, agree with 1.

5 Looks like Idea filicata Lustrous Least Carpet.
 
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#3 + 4 is Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer.
Here's a couple of recommendations:
for France, there is Guide des papillons Nocturnes de France edited by Robineau (it's like a French Skinner).
for Spain there's Las mariposas de la España peninsular by Redondo et al.
but you can get quite a few id'd using standard UK guides.
Martin
 
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