Comments on: Second italica (?) in Woolpit http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2015/08/17/second-italica-in-woolpit/ Topical information from the Suffolk Moth Group Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: paulb http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2015/08/17/second-italica-in-woolpit/#comment-2299 paulb Tue, 18 Aug 2015 12:57:26 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=5752#comment-2299 Having spent a bit of my lunch break looking at various images of the two species ‘italica’ would be the logical choice. For a bit of fun, the Microlepidoptera.nl website offers (via Google translate) the following:

“Based on the initial samples (Sept 2013) genital examination distinguishes M. italica from M. cinnamomea by the bright orange or orange-brown ground colour, with the usually sharp (clear light yellow) drawing. M. cinnamomea is more grey, brownish or dark red, with wider tires, a more developed tornusvlek (bottom dot blot) and the drawing paler: yellowish white to white”.

]]> By: Raymond Watson http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2015/08/17/second-italica-in-woolpit/#comment-2298 Raymond Watson Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:09:41 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=5752#comment-2298 The photo looks like italica rather than cinnamomea.

]]> By: paulb http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2015/08/17/second-italica-in-woolpit/#comment-2297 paulb Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:18:35 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=5752#comment-2297 Hello Raymond. I was wondering that myself. Last years record was a real surprise. Yesterday’s was unexpected. Any others will be more than just coincidence. Various sources state that the larvae feeds within dead wood, with oak being frequently mentioned. There are a number of young-ish (I’m guessing c.30 + yr old) oaks not that far from the garden as the crow flies … so who knows.

]]> By: Raymond Watson http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2015/08/17/second-italica-in-woolpit/#comment-2296 Raymond Watson Tue, 18 Aug 2015 06:52:56 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=5752#comment-2296 Hopefully you have it resident Paul.

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