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Old 17-06-2009, 07:25 PM
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Re: some moths for id

1. Silver Y, rather worn specimen!

2. A plume moth, Pterophoridae - sorry not sure which.

3. Grapholita compositella

4. Large Skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus. Skippers are grouped with the butterflies rather than the moths - but really there is no difference between a butterfly and a moth. I've heard somewhere recently that the Skippers are now considered taxonomically a separate Superfamily from the rest of the butterflies.
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