Thursday, June 24, 2010

Can anyone help with these...

Please....

I have no idea. Click for a bigger image


Above - left, Agonopterix sp (too worn) and right, Phycitodes binaevella

1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix
0874 Blastobasis lacticolella

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Thanks all...

2 comments:

Tim Sexton said...

I had a couple of these this morning; the third one is a Garden Grass Veneer -1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella, the fourth one is a Marbled Orchard Tortrix - Marbled Orchard Tortrix - 1083 Hedya nubiferana.

Skev said...

The top one is a bit too worn and knackered - so apart from it being one of the Agonopterix spp. I have no idea.

The second one is a Pyralid - and it's one of the Phycitodes spp. The most likely species is binaevella (22-27mm wnigspan, feeds on spear thistle), however need to know the size for comparison with saxicola (14-20mm wingspan, feeds on chamomile and other compositae) and maritima (18-22mm wingspan, feeds on yarrow and ragwort). If it's big enough you can confidently record binaevella, otherwise then a gen det is necessary for reliable identification.