Common micro i.d. help please.

[davemangham]

If anyone could help with an i.d. on this please i'd be very grateful.

[Miss Caretaker]

Hi, I'm going to stick my neck out and say Agriphila inquinatella...
Jo

[roundwood123]

Its Agriphila geniculea.
Steve.

[Miss Caretaker]

I thought A geniculea didn't have the black sub-terminal dots and A inquinatella did? That's why I said A inquinatella as the photo seemed to show the dots
Jo

[davemangham]

Thank you both!

I was holding back on my reply pending a response re: the sub-terminal dots issue, but that doesn't seem to have been forthcoming.

Having googled both species following your responses the portion of the wing pattern that is visible seems to point to A. geniculea in preference to A. inquinatella, and in the images I have found both species seem to show some form of sub-terminal dots.

Thanks again.

[nutmeg]

I'd agree with A. geniculea.

[Miss Caretaker]

I have since discovered that A geniculea does in fact have the dots, but they are much smaller. So much for the "Guide to Crambid IDs" I downloaded . Goes to show you should never trust stuff off the 'net!
Jo