Argent & Sable (Rheumaptera hastata ssp. thulearia) | Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

Possibly the most Arctic moth spotting on PN and for Moth Week 2013! These two Icelandic specimen were photographed within 5 km of each other. The second landed on my husband's nose and the background was blurred post-shot for clarity. A single of this moth generation flies in June and July. Foodplants, bog myrtle (Myrica gale) and birch (Betula spp.).

Habitat:

Þingvellir National Park, Iceland, a Unesco World Heritage Site. Birch woodland. The last shot shows the habitat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eingvellir

Notes:

The same subspecies is also shown here in Iceland:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/erling_olafsson/2564375404/in/set-72157605…
See also:
http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1787

Reference Links:

Rheumaptera hastata ssp. thulearia Paarung *Bild*

Species ID Suggestions

Argent and Sable

Rheumaptera hastata thulearia

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But you have your ID ;-)...

Ouch!

No, unfortunately not. I did not have the time for a profound search, I did the ID between two extractions ;-)...

Jemma and bayucca, thanks! Bayucca, great! Do you have more info about the thuleria subspecies?

Rheumaptera hastata thulearia.

lovely.

Thanks Satyen! Still working on ID...

Nice find :-)

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