Striped Twin-spot Carpet / Nebula salicata (Invertebrates) by lpearce on 12th August 2009

Striped Twin-spot Carpet

Observed by lpearce on 12th August 2009

(Added to iSpot on 12th August 2009)

Would this be Heath Rivulet, there is lots of Eyebright about at the moment but the nearest out crops of limestone are about 10 miles away. I thought at first it looked more like a Twin-spot carpet but I could not make out any sign of spots.

Location: Badnaban, Sutherland

Identification

Heath Rivulet (Perizoma minorata) by lpearce at 2:39 pm 12/08/09
Confidence: It's likely to be this, but I can't be certain.
Notes: Small moth wing span around 2cm, with gray and white banding.
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likely ID
Striped Twin-spot Carpet (Nebula salicata) by Martin Harvey
at 11:46 pm 14/08/09
Confidence: It's likely to be this, but I can't be certain.
Notes: cross-lines and general colour seem to match well
ID agreements (): 1 person agrees with this identification.
- lpearce
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Comments

confusing

14 August 2009 - 11:45pm — Martin Harvey

I've spent quite a while looking at this one - doesn't look quite right for Heath Rivulet (and as far as I can estimate it is too big?), but I was struggling to find something that was a better fit. Eventually I've gone for Striped Twin-spot Carpet, which I'm reasonably confident of, but as a southerner I'm not very familar with these moorland moths!

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