Day flying moth for identification please.

[culateron]

Hello everyone.
My first thread (ever actually!) on any forum. I'm having trouble identifying this moth. Any suggestions please. A confession, it was actually taken in Almeria Province of Spain, BUT......I AM a Brit, I love wildlife, and I am only here on my hols!!
Adios amigos!

[aeshna5]

I don't know which moth it is, but it's a beauty.

Glad you're having a good holiday + welcome to WAB.

[Kayleigh]

Hola..
it looks like a magpie moth but this is British one so not sure what yours is..

Have a nice time here I love Spain and hope to go back soon for a holiday there you have some great wildlife and weather..

Try posting this on WABs sister site from around the world..

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[culateron]

Thank you aeshna5. Also thanks to Kayleigh for the suggestion re WATW. I am now a member there & will post the image as soon as I can work out how!! I'm fairly sure it's not a magpie moth, it definately held it's wings above it's abdomen when it settled. It was a restless beastie too...took a while to snap the shot as it only settled for a second or two at a time! The swallowtails are flying now too, wow!
Adios me amigas!

[Lemars]

morning Culateron

I've just been through the Waring and Townsend and Les Guides des Papillons Nocturnes de France (the only tomes I have here) and can't come up with anything closer than Kayleigh's suggestion. The "Nocturnes" bit probably hasn't helped.

I hope you get an answer from WAtW - someone who can take one look and come up with the answer, I expect.

Good luck and have a great holiday

[culateron]

Hola Lemars.
Thank you for your efforts! I’m keeping everything crossed for an expert on WAtW as you describe to say “Oh yeah, that’s a.....”! We are indeed enjoying our hols, the temp has peaked at 24 in the courtyard today & highlights for today so far....a swallow (yes they’re here, so on their way to the UK) came into the house through the open front looking for a nesting ledge!!.....a pair of Great Spotted Cuckoos, shrieking & squawking, came hurtling past us as we enjoyed a coffee on the back patio!! Ahh....bliss!!
Cheers!

[Lemars]

and I see you've managed to get your post onto WAtW - well done. I always find it complicated (despite advice and suggestions - guess I just need to do it more often).

Hope you get an answer soon - I'm curious now, too.

C

[nightshade]

Have a look at the links here to french sites
French Wildlife website

[Adam Cheeseman]

It looks like one of the Geometridae family.

Cheers,

Adam

[culateron]

Thank you Adam & Nightshade.
Goosey has cracked it!
It's Geometridae family indeed Adam........Eurranthis plummistaria (de Villers, 1789) Geometridae Ennominae Boarmiini.......according to

TrekNature | Eurranthis plummistaria / Empusa Pennata Photo.

Thanks EVERYONE who helped solve the mystery (If it had been in my Collins Gem in the first place.........!)