Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Moth<Eudonia alpina. ID'd by Tony Irwin
Posted by Roger Thomason on 26-05-2009 18:02
#1
Found at Scatsta Airport, Shetland Isles. Size 12mm ish. Anyone put a title to it?
Edited by Roger Thomason on 30-05-2009 11:40
Posted by socrates on 26-05-2009 18:57
#2
looks like a tortricid moth...
Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-05-2009 22:54
#3
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)
Posted by Roger Thomason on 27-05-2009 00:06
#4
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
Posted by Roger Thomason on 30-05-2009 11:27
#5
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
Posted by Tony Irwin on 30-05-2009 11:40
#6
Thanks Roger - good to know that I get some of these moths right! :D
Posted by Roger Thomason on 30-05-2009 11:47
#7
More than welcome Tony...:)