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04-08-2006, 01:36 PM
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| | | Grass Moth?
Hello one and all .... I was out on the lawn last night, and disturbed one of these moths (they seem everywhere), so I got down on my tummy on the grass and took his pic .... anybody any idea what his official (ie) latin name is?   |
04-08-2006, 01:38 PM
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| | | Re: Grass Moth?
Ole blue eyes ?
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04-08-2006, 01:46 PM
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It is a Grass moth (Pyralidae: Crambinae) not sure of the species but it could be a worn Chilo phragmitella, but this is a reedbed species, or could be an Agriphila perhaps inquinatella. |
04-08-2006, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by bugbotherer Ole blue eyes ?
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04-08-2006, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Imaginos It is a Grass moth (Pyralidae: Crambinae) not sure of the species but it could be a worn Chilo phragmitella, but this is a reedbed species, or could be an Agriphila perhaps inquinatella. | Thanks for that Imaginos .... so when you walk around in dry grass and these go fluttering off everywhere, would they all be the same species, or lots of similar ones? Obviously, with the naked eye, they all look the same .... |
04-08-2006, 01:55 PM
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Oh, by the way, is this what is termed a "Micro-Moth"? |
04-08-2006, 02:07 PM
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| | | Re: Grass Moth?
Agriphila straminella ? http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1304 and yes it is classed as a "micro" although some of the micros are bigger than the macros. makes it all interesting
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04-08-2006, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jezlee Thanks for that Imaginos .... so when you walk around in dry grass and these go fluttering off everywhere, would they all be the same species, or lots of similar ones? Obviously, with the naked eye, they all look the same .... |
There are four or five common species of Crambinae, often flying together, although there seems to be some temporal segregation both in date and time of day. There are also another 8-10 less common species, all of which are very similar and also quite variable, with quite a bit of overlap in markings between species. | | |
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