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 Which Moth<Eudonia alpina. ID'd by Tony Irwin
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 26-05-2009 17:02
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 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 10:40 |
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| socrates |
Posted on 26-05-2009 17:57
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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 21:54
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 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 26-05-2009 23:06
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 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 26-05-2009 23:10 |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 30-05-2009 10:27
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 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 10:40
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 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 10:47
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
More than welcome Tony... |
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