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Moth

DateWed 2011-07-20

One evening a week ago this moth came in through our open living room window.  It is a wave moth of genus Idaea, possibly the remutata (plain) form of the riband wave moth Idaea aversata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). There is also a banded form of this species.

Photo taken in Reading, UK, on 2011-07-10.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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