Description: Back from Croatia with the moth that has no name.. Hi everyone. I have recently got back from our honeymoon to Croatia. We both had a lovely time, the weather was a bit up and down unfortunately but we had some nice and sunny days with highs around 30 degrees. Me being me decided to do a bit of exploring around the local area. I had numerous walks up the road towards scrubby land and mixed woodland where I observed plenty of Butterflies, Crickts, Grasshoppers, Mantids and of course Moths! I also decided to do a couple of walks to the favoured areas with a fishing net (which I bought out there as I forgot to pack my net!) a torch and a few pots. I should have taken more pots..and 8 just wasn't enough. Of the 20 or so species of moth I saw out there, the most interesting was this Strathmopoda species (Which I assume it is). Bearing in mind there is only one known Strathmopoda species in Europe (pedella) this got me rather excited to say the least. From what I have been told, there is a new species of Strathmopoda being described at present, and this species could link with that? I have also been told that it will need dissecting to rule out a possible aberrant Strathmopoda pedella. See what you think, but it doesn't seem to resemble 'pedella' going on the markings. Date: 19 August 2014, 16:13. Source: [1716] The Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria). Author: Ben Sale from UK.
Description: Spain, Nerja - 9w Camping Lantern + 3x 4w UV banker's and a white sheet --- Knackered but a new one for me!. Date: 1 September 2010, 22:59. Source: Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria). Author: Ben Sale from UK.
Description: Jammed another migrant from my postage stamp sized garden A good catch of 56 moths of 20 species, I was just going through the egg trays as you do, more brown stuff, o a Burnished Brass..nice, a few Barred Sallow adding a bit of colour and a different Large Ranunculus making it look better all of a sudden with a quickly potted Ypsolopha sylvella...then out of the corner of my eye I had missed a VESTAL on the underside of the Robinson collar, I was shaking as I went to pot it up and what did it do, it flew off! luckily it went straight to the light and I got it in time, phew! It is my 1st UK record of this delicate and pretty moth having seen it a few times over the years in various Countries and recently this year in Egypt. Very happy! the moth didn't play ball so a semi-decent photo is all I can manage for now! Catch Report - 22/09/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trap Macro Moths 1x Vestal [NEW!] 18x Large Yellow Underwing 3x Lesser Yellow Underwing 8x Lunar Underwing 4x Barred Sallow 2x Vine's Rustic 2x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1x Angle Shades 1x Willow Beauty 4x Setaceous Hebrew Character 1x Common Wainscot 1x Burnished Brass 1x Turnip Moth 1x Large Ranunculus 1x Square-spot Rustic 1x Treble Brown Spot Micro Moths 2x Epiphyas postvittana 1x Acleris variegana 1x Ypsolopha sylvella 2x Emmelina monodactyla. Date: 23 September 2013, 18:06. Source: [1716] The Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria). Author: Ben Sale from UK.
Axel Hausmann/Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM). SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen. Axel Hausmann. Year: 2010. Contact: Axel.Hausmann@zsm.mwn.de.
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Dorsal. Catalog no.: BC ZSM Lep 42508. Specimen ID: 1797385. Field no.: BC ZSM Lep 42508. Taxon rep.: Rhodometra intervenata. Image quality: 4. Aspect ratio: 1.333.
Axel Hausmann/Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM). SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen. Axel Hausmann. Year: 2010. Contact: Axel.Hausmann@zsm.mwn.de.
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Dorsal. Catalog no.: BC ZSM Lep 42509. Specimen ID: 1797386. Field no.: BC ZSM Lep 42509. Taxon rep.: Rhodometra satura. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.333.
Axel Hausmann/Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM). SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen. Axel Hausmann. Year: 2010. Contact: Axel.Hausmann@zsm.mwn.de.
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Dorsal. Catalog no.: BC ZSM Lep 42511. Specimen ID: 1797388. Field no.: BC ZSM Lep 42511. Taxon rep.: Rhodometra participata. Image quality: 4. Aspect ratio: 1.333.
Axel Hausmann/Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM). SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen. Axel Hausmann. Year: 2010. Contact: Axel.Hausmann@zsm.mwn.de.
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Adult. Catalog no.: BC ZSM Lep 47388. Specimen ID: 1968926. Field no.: BC ZSM Lep 47388. Taxon rep.: Rhodometra AH01Ke. Image quality: 2. Aspect ratio: 1.333.
Axel Hausmann/Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM). SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen. Axel Hausmann. Year: 2011. Contact: Axel Hausmann.
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Dorsal. Catalog no.: BC ZSM Lep 41424. Specimen ID: 2144828. Field no.: BC ZSM Lep 41424. Taxon rep.: Rhodometra AH02. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.333.
Axel Hausmann/Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM). SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen. Axel Hausmann. Year: 2014. Contact: Dr. Axel Hausmann.
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adult. Catalog no.: BC ZSM Lep 71393. Specimen ID: 4308086. Field no.: BC ZSM Lep 71393. Taxon rep.: Rhodometra kikiae. Image quality: 3. Aspect ratio: 1.333.