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 Which Moth<Eudonia alpina. ID'd by Tony Irwin
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 26-05-2009 18:02
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5254 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Found at Scatsta Airport, Shetland Isles. Size 12mm ish. Anyone put a title to it?
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [48.02Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 30-05-2009 11:40 |
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| socrates |
Posted on 26-05-2009 18:57
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Member Location: California Posts: 109 Joined: 11.02.07 |
looks like a tortricid moth...
tempus fugit |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 26-05-2009 22:54
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7226 Joined: 19.11.04 |
No, not a tortricid - this one is (I think!!) a worn Eudonia alpina (Pyralidae or Crambidae, depending on whether you afford family status to the crambids)
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 27-05-2009 00:06
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5254 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Cheers Tony, I've sent this and a few other images of the same Moth to UK Moths. They don't have a photo* of Eudonia alpina in their site. So hopefully I'll get a yea or nay on ID from them quite soon. Regards Roger *Trawled through all the families I thought this belonged to..  .no wonder I couldn't find it...
Edited by Roger Thomason on 27-05-2009 00:10 |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 30-05-2009 11:27
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5254 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Well just got confirmation from Ian Kimber at UK Moths that this is indeed Eudonia alpina. It will be on his site, and I've asked him to credit determination to you Tony @ Dipter.info..hope that's OK. Regards Roger |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 30-05-2009 11:40
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7226 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Thanks Roger - good to know that I get some of these moths right! 
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 30-05-2009 11:47
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5254 Joined: 17.07.08 |
More than welcome Tony... |
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