Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Moth<Eudonia alpina. ID'd by Tony Irwin

Posted by Roger Thomason on 26-05-2009 17:02
#1
Found at Scatsta Airport, Shetland Isles. Size 12mm ish. Anyone put a title to it?
Edited by Roger Thomason on 30-05-2009 10:40

Posted by socrates on 26-05-2009 17:57
#2
looks like a tortricid moth...

Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-05-2009 21:54
#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 26-05-2009 23:06
#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..Frown.no wonder I couldn't find it...
Edited by Roger Thomason on 26-05-2009 23:10

Posted by Roger Thomason on 30-05-2009 10:27
#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 10:40
#6
Thanks Roger - good to know that I get some of these moths right! Grin

Posted by Roger Thomason on 30-05-2009 10:47
#7
More than welcome Tony...Smile