Help Again Please

[barnacal]

Help Again Please:

In my trap this morning. Is it Cherry Bark Tortrix (Enarmonia formosana) ?

Thanks Steve for your previous advice.

Regards,
Barry

[SteveH]

Hi Barry,

I don't think so ...... or if it is I've never seen one so dull. Enarmonia formosana in my experience is a WOW moth with all sorts of good stuff going on - its actually a very beautiful moth.

Would stand corrected of course ...... I usually am.

Cheers,
Steve

[melbellingham]

Hi Barry,

Could it be Orthotaenia undulana. It doesn't appear too often in our part of Cheshire, but it has been recorded at Ness Gardens and Inner Marsh Farm, which is close enough to your garden to be a possible.

Mel.

[stevehind]

I would go for Celypha lacunana.

Regards,
Steve

[melbellingham]

Before I had even opened any literature, Celypha lacunana was my first consideration, but not having seen that species since 2016, I did need to check. It just didn't look right somehow. Added to that, I actually caught Celypha lacunana last night (23/05/2017), which looks shorter and bulkier and which does look like the illustrations in the usual ID guides.

I realised that with only one previous record it was a long shot, but it just goes to show how confusing some micro-moths can be.

Mel.