Wainscot

[JRsbugs]

Hi,

This is confusing me. I have come across two rarer moths which it resembles.

Webb's Wainscot Archanara sparganii and The Concolorous Chortodes extrema.

At first I was thinking it could be a worn The Clay which I have, can someone put me out of my misery?

Janet

[JRsbugs]

Nobody got any ideas?

I have been carefully checking details, for one the end of the wings taper to the apex with more of a curve than The Clay which in all the pics I have, and have seen, it looks nearly straight.

Secondly, the black spots which are in an arc are very sharply curved upwards, where in both The Clay and Webb's Wainscot the dots gently curve towards the wing edge.

Take a look at the example of Chortodes extrema on Norfolk Moths, it matches well.

But I guess I can't have that....or can I? Anything is possible.

[JRsbugs]

If this is Chortodes extrema, it's an important find..

http://www.jncc.gov.uk/_speciespages/2170.pdf

[Adam Cheeseman]

To my eye this is not The Concolorous because the wings are the wrong shape, the dot pattern is wrong and your moth appears to have a crossband, which the C doesn't have.

Can't suggest anything at the moment but will have another check.

Cheers,

Adam

[JRsbugs]

Have you checked the pic on Norfolk Moths Adam? It looks very much the same to me, including the dot pattern but the centre dot is maybe not showing on most I see. There is a pic on a FI site which appears to have that dot.

Chortodes

[GuyF]

Looks very much like a Small Dotted Buff - Photedes minima to me, still quite a nice moth though!
Guy

[JRsbugs]

Originally Posted by GuyF

Looks very much like a Small Dotted Buff - Photedes minima to me, still quite a nice moth though!
Guy

You got it! Thanks!

Amazing how you can see what it is when you see the right one.