[jezlee]

Originally Posted by matt_xyz

I uploaded a shot of what appears to be the same moth into the Wildlife Unidentified Gallery very recently.

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...age-11383.html

I'm interested to hear it may be a Mint Moth.

Matt

Yes, very nice pic, Matt .... I think you'll find that one is P. purpuralis - you can actually see the purple-red colouring on the wings and it has the extra blotches of gold on the forewings - P.aurata only has the single gold spot, I believe ....