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Monday
Apr072014

Moth

A small metallic moth, an Eriocrania sp, probably Eriocrania subpurpurella (Lepidoptera: Eriocraniidae).  This was one of several that were flying around some bushes in a clearing near an oak tree (oak being the host plant for the larvae of E. subpurpurella).

I took two specimens home with me.  One had lots of purple dots on its wings (this must be the fastuosella form mentioned and illustrated here):

And the other had only one or two purple spots (this is the common form):

First photo and specimens taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-04-06.

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