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Gold-Stripe Grass Veneer Moth

Microcrambus biguttellus

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Field Notes

Description:

10-15mm pale nocturnal moth found around lights in a public phone booth. The face has an unusual forward thrusting beard. pale green markings on the wings

Habitat:

nocturnal visitor alternately fluttering and resting under lights at a public phone booth in the street

Notes:

grass moth? Snout moth? crambinae. only about 40% certain that this is the species. Final identification is from the reference link which is a site in America

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Yes, thanks, I am very pleased with all the small moths I have been finding. It is nice to see people from other parts of the world getting great fanfare for doing the same thing

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