T shaped moth

Bruce Williams · #1 (**permalink**) 01-11-2009, 09:15 PM

Northants garden.

Help with identification appreciated.

Bruce

earthdragon64 · #2 (**permalink**) 01-11-2009, 09:41 PM

It's one of the Plume Moths, but I don't know which species.

peter2009 · #3 (**permalink**) 01-11-2009, 10:52 PM

Bruce,
That's a Emmelina monodactyla

peter

John · #4 (**permalink**) 02-11-2009, 07:15 AM

Yep!! I'll second that.

John

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter2009

Bruce,
That's a Emmelina monodactyla

peter

Vincent86 · #5 (**permalink**) 02-11-2009, 11:18 AM

Agree with Peter and John. It's the Emmelina monodactyla, a moth of the family Pterophoroidea.

Commonly known as a "T-Moth". The wingspan is 18-27 mm. The moths fly nearly year-round. The larvae feed on Convolvulaceae species.

Bruce Williams · #6 (**permalink**) 02-11-2009, 11:43 AM

Thanks for your help with this one guys - much appreciated.

Thanks too for the extra info Vincent.

Bruce

clicka15 · #7 (**permalink**) 02-11-2009, 06:17 PM

Superb photographs Bruce - this kind of quality really aids identification. What gear do you use?

Cheers,
Steve.

Bruce Williams · #8 (**permalink**) 02-11-2009, 07:14 PM

Thanks Steve - much appreciated.

I use a Nikon D300 with Nikon 105mm f/2.8 Micro VR lens. I always hand-hold using flash - in this instance I was using a Nikon SB-R1 with twin diffused SB200 heads.

Bruce