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