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Help with Spanish moth (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Yvonnen
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Andy Adcock
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Your ID looks good to me Yvonne.
https://www.biodiversidadvirtual.or...ra-plumularia-(Boisduval-1840)-img935669.html
https://www.biodiversidadvirtual.or...ra-plumularia-(Boisduval-1840)-img935669.html
Andy Adcock
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At the link I posted, it even seems to be on the same kind of flowers.
Ficedula
velico ergo sum
Your identification appears to be correct, or at least I can't find a better match. Did your "biologist" contact explain why it wasn't this species?
Perhaps because according to Leraut 2009 this species is unknown in the Picos? Mainly known from further south around Madrid where described as "highly local".
If ID and locality correct then this must be a good record worth passing on to a specialist. Try Dave Grundy.
Iberis sp. : candytuft
Simon Wates
Well-known member
I'm having difficulty identifying these flowers but I cannot see Iberis sp. here. Sorry
King Edward
Well-known member
The flowers look like Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) or something related. Asteraceae, not Brassicaceae.
Ficedula
velico ergo sum
Correct. Not Iberis
honeym
Well-known member
I agree that the id of the specimen (a female) looks to be correct.
Geometridae Ibericae shows a more detailed distribution (https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...ge&q=Anthometra Geometridae Ibericae&f=false) and I would suggest that the person to contact would be Teresa Farino, who runs butterfly and moth tours of the Picos (https://www.thepicosdeeuropa.com/wildlife/invertebrates/moths).
Martin
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