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My brother took this pic in Cairo this week... do you know what kind of moth it is ?


Thanks

Charles

Hi Charles,
Judging by the pattern on it's wing, it looks like a "Heart and Dart" (Agrotis exclamationis). If not, it must be a very closely-related species.

Trev

Trev Sawyer wrote:Hi Charles,
Judging by the pattern on it's wing, it looks like a "Heart and Dart" (Agrotis exclamationis). If not, it must be a very closely-related species.

Trev

Yes, I'd say it's the closely related Dark Sword-grass - Agrotis ipsilon, an almost cosmopolitan species.

Guy

thanks for that Trev & dorsetguy. I will let my brother know !!

Charles

Yep, I'd second Dark Sword Grass. I found a migrant one last year.

thanks for that Dave

i have told my brother to take more Egyptian moth & butterfly pics.

C