carpet for id - Brittany (1 Viewer)

[Nerine]

Can anyone help me id this please? Caught in actinic trap in North Brittany on 15th June.

Slightly feathered antennae.

Nerine

 

[black52bird]

Can anyone help me id this please? Caught in actinic trap in North Brittany on 15th June.

Slightly feathered antennae.

Nerine

Dear Nerine
Long time since we spoke!
This moth is interesting to me. It's not unlike several species:
Mottled Grey (Colostygia multistrigaria), even, at a push, some
of those species similar to Seraphim (Lobophora halterata).
However, when I first looked at it I thought it might be one of
the larger Pyralids with its wings in an unusual position....
Udea prunealis, for example.....
The answer is I don't know....but I just wanted to say 'hello' to you,
because it was your picture of a Pyrausta that got me onto the Birdforum
moth section all those years ago!!
Glad you're still at it!! My activities have stopped here in Budapest since we moved, however, I go to Cambridge for 2 x 2-week spells each summer, and always do some mothing there...and that's next week, so I'm gearing up by looking at people's pictures on Birdforum again!!
Best wishes
David

 

[Nerine]

This moth is interesting to me. It's not unlike several species:
Mottled Grey (Colostygia multistrigaria), even, at a push, some
of those species similar to Seraphim (Lobophora halterata).
However, when I first looked at it I thought it might be one of
the larger Pyralids with its wings in an unusual position....
Udea prunealis, for example.....
The answer is I don't know....but I just wanted to say 'hello' to you,

Hi David, what a lovely reply - even though I am none the wiser getting an id for this moth! Thank you for your suggestions but I have a feeling, after browsing the internet, it might be Dusky Carpet Tephronia sepiaria or something near to that. I have a contact in Brittany and will probably send this photo to him as he may recognise the moth. It was small, about the size and shape of Blue-bordered Carpet or a small Yellow-barred Brindle. Not a pyralid, of that I'm sure - and it had feathered antennae.

Great to hear from you and good luck with your Cambridge moths!

Nerine

 

[Paul Chapman]

I don't think that it is a species on the British list. To my eye, the closest amongst those is something like Scotch Annulet. There are various species similar in Plates 24 and 25 in Robineau. The closest amongst those I get is Elophos sproengertsi but I have not checked the Internet for variation within that species.

All the best

 

[Nerine]

Thank you for your thoughts, Paul. I still haven't come to a conclusion and I think I'll send my photo to my Brittany contact and see what he thinks.

If I get an answer I'll post it on this thread.

Thanks again

Nerine

 

[Nerine]

For those who may be interested, I've had a reply from Alan Cosson in Brittany to say that this is Tephronia sepiaria and a new species for the Cotes d'Armor (22) !

Nerine

 

[Paul Chapman]

Intriguingly there is an unconfirmed report from Britain:-

http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1953

All the best