Comments on: Suffolk Resident Bactra lacteana http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2016/08/16/suffolk-resident-bactra-lacteana/ 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: Neil http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2016/08/16/suffolk-resident-bactra-lacteana/#comment-2432 Neil Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:18:56 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=6442#comment-2432 Measured the forewing length at 6mm, and it seems to have 2 black dashes too so a good candidate. Looks like a male.

]]> By: Raymond Watson http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2016/08/16/suffolk-resident-bactra-lacteana/#comment-2430 Raymond Watson Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:31:23 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=6442#comment-2430 Good luck with this. I found the female one of the most difficult to dissect I have come across. The male is OK but the distinction from furfurana is slight. The moth size and the two dashes are most helpful.

]]> By: Neil http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2016/08/16/suffolk-resident-bactra-lacteana/#comment-2429 Neil Thu, 18 Aug 2016 19:34:18 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=6442#comment-2429 I’ve got a possible in my collection of dissections for the winter from Bill Last from Harlow in Essex. Not seen any candidates at any of the sites I’ve been to this year have been looking out.

]]> By: Paul Kitchener http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2016/08/16/suffolk-resident-bactra-lacteana/#comment-2427 Paul Kitchener Tue, 16 Aug 2016 08:44:27 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=6442#comment-2427 This must be an overlooked species in the east of England – see map http://www.mothscount.org/uploads/1111a_Bactra_lacteana.png

Paul

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