French Macro Moth for ID (1 Viewer)

tperry

Well-known member

• Oct 10, 2015

• #1

My daughter and family holidayed near La Rochelle in August this year and saw this moth which, I thought would be relatively straightforward to identify but, I can't seem to match it to anything in my UK ID books.

Am I missing something obvious?

Tony

 

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Paul Chapman

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• Oct 10, 2015

• #2

tperry said:

Am I missing something obvious?

Tony

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Yes - a photo from a sensible angle......

It is a Catocala I believe with elocata favourite.

All the best

 

tperry

Well-known member

• Oct 11, 2015

• #3

Thank you.

 

Tiraya

San Diego CA

• Oct 17, 2015

• #4

Elocata (French red underwing) seems like a perfectly reasonable suggestion.

 

honeym

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• Oct 17, 2015

• #5

The vernacular name for this (in France) is La Déplacée (literal translation "the displaced"). It is better than the translation of the latin elocata, which means "one hired out" (i.e. a prostitute).
Martin