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Yellow Underwing sp. (1 Viewer)

JWN Andrewes

Poor Judge of Pasta.
So, this looks like a pretty standard Large Yellow Underwing on the face of it, but, as can be seen, it is slightly smaller than a Double square-spot, which it shouldn't be (LYU forewing 21-26mm, Double Square-spot 17-19mm). But it doesn't really look like a Lesser Yellow Underwing (rather pale oval, wing tip shape). Can Large Yellow Underwing very occasionally be this diddy? Am I overlooking something else? (It also didn't do that crazy head-butting crashing about when it flew in that Large Yellow Underwings always seem to do, was much more sedate, which is how I managed to pot it in the first place.)
 

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