MICRO-MOTHS

No pretence at systematic biology here - I just photograph the striking ones.

Mother of Pearl   Pleuroptya ruralis.
2nd August 2011

Bee Moth   Aphomia sociella.
1st June 2011

Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix   Pandemis corylana.
10th August 2010

Bird-cherry Ermine   Yponomeuta evonymella.
3rd August 2010

Acleris forsskaleana
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset.   12th July 2011

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset.   12th July 2011

Lozotaeniodes formosanus
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset.   12th July 2011

Udea prunalis   A Pyralid moth.
26th July 2011

Pyrausta purpuralis , though it could possibly be P. aurata. However, flight period and the extent of gold markings do not suggest this.
St. Marcel du Périgord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 16th September 2011