The ephestia species from August 3rd has been confirmed by Harry as a male False Cacao Moth (E. unicolorella).
A second for the county and VC63 first.
Thursday, 16 August 2018
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3 comments:
Your having a good year down there.......
Just had a look on UK moths......??
The species was formerly known here as Ephestia unicolorella Staudinger, but according to recent taxonomy (Leraut 2014) unicolorella is a distinct species known only from Turkey.
Is it woodiella..??
Yes, there is a lot of confusion over which name to use at the moment. There were three subspecies which have now been split in to species.
I think it's should be: False Cacao Moth (E.woodiella) but the UK checklist still lists only Ephestia unicolorella.
So yes, you are correct with woodiella.
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