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Second moth from the Spanish Pyrenees
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 8:32 am
by David M
Here's another moth found at the same location as the earlier one in the lower foothills of the Spanish Pyrenees last July:
Anyone any ideas?
Re: Second moth from the Spanish Pyrenees
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 9:54 am
by Neil Freeman
Hi David. Off the top of my head It looks like a Blackneck or Scarce Blackneck or possibly a continental relative of these.
Cheers,
Neil.
Re: Second moth from the Spanish Pyrenees
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 12:37 pm
by David M
Thank you, Neil. Scarce Blackneck seems to tick the boxes!
Re: Second moth from the Spanish Pyrenees
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 6:40 pm
by Padfield
For what it's worth, a browse through Leraut confirms scarce blackneck. There are no other related species (apart from blackneck) in that part of the Pyrenees. Noctuids are even worse than Geometers - Leraut has two volumes devoted to them. I sometimes find a moth, spend hours looking through the plates, then give up.
Guy
Re: Second moth from the Spanish Pyrenees
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 10:34 pm
by David M
Padfield wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2024 6:40 pm...Leraut has two volumes devoted to them. I sometimes find a moth, spend hours looking through the plates, then give up.
I know how you feel, Guy.
