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Micro Moth ID (1 Viewer)
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Brian Dunning
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Many thanks for your response. I've just done a little bit of googling and I think you may well be correct. Thanks again.
Andy Adcock
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Why isn't it dichrorampha petiverella?
Maybe it is-looking at that you are probably correct. Quite a similar dorsal pattern to some of the Pammene spp. Only dabbling in micros so no expert!
Andy Adcock
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Neither am I!
Brian Dunning
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It could quite easily be dichrorampha petiverella, they're both very similar. However, the photo I took shows a bluish fringe to the base of the wing (2nd photo). I've noticed this on other images of pammene aurita but not dichrorampha petiverella (just doing a bit of googling). So, anyone else any ideas?
Andy Adcock
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Note the black spots near the outer edge which are not a feature of P. aurita
Ficedula
velico ergo sum
Not really similar, note the palps, quite different in Pammene and Dichrorampha. This is one of the D. petiverella/alpinana/flavodorsata complex best identified by gen. prep. Of these three the fact that it is on Tansey would point to petiverella or flavodorsata, but dorsal patch looks much brighter yellow than average petiverella so the much less common flavodorsata is perhaps most likely. However not sure if Dichrorampha vancouverana can be definitively excluded?
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Brian Dunning
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Many thanks for your thoughts, much appreciated.
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