ID confirmation required please

goodallian · #1 (**permalink**) 31-01-2011, 01:06 PM

Can anyone please confirm that this may be a Winter Moth? It was flying around my garden yesterday and might just save me from having to put out the trap to record one.

JennyS · #2 (**permalink**) 31-01-2011, 04:09 PM

Its not a Winter Moth but I think it could be a March Moth:
March Moth Alsophila aescularia - UKMoths

aeshna5 · #3 (**permalink**) 31-01-2011, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by JennyS

Its not a Winter Moth but I think it could be a March Moth:
March Moth Alsophila aescularia - UKMoths

I would say it's totally the wrong shape for a March Moth. My feelings lean towards Pale Brindled Beauty.

theresa dockery · #4 (**permalink**) 31-01-2011, 06:21 PM

My suggestion would be Spring Usher, for the following reasons:

Shape of wings - particularly the bulbous-rounded wing-tips.

The darker 'dash' which can be seen on the right wing-tip (the other wing-tip is slightly worn).

Skinny body.

There seems to be a hint of a zig-zagging, wavy line extending from the dark spot on the left wing.