Thursday
Jul092009
Moth with Four White Stripes
Thu 2009-07-09
In the last couple of days it rained heavily after a long dry spell. I thought that, as a consequence, there might be some more interesting insects about, and I wasn't disappointed. One was this neat little tortix moth, Grapholita compositella (family Tortricidae, order Lepidoptera). According to UK Moths, the larvae feed on clover of which there is plenty in Reading University grounds, although this adult specimen wasn't on clover when I found it.
Photos taken in Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-07-08.
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