Wolves Wood Micropterix re-identified

I recently posted a message to say how pleased I was at having seen Micropterix tunbergella at Wolves Wood. I’ve since removed the blog following a return visit made last Wednesday and my subsequent study of the photo’s taken that evening. It’s now apparent that the moths I saw … and possibly all previous records of tunbergella at Wolves Wood … actually relate to the near identical M. mansuetella – an equally rare moth in Suffolk. It’s also interesting to note that (to date) the moth has only ever been recorded on the flowers of one hawthorn tree in the entire wood complex.

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