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Musotima nitidalis
A small an delicate moth with strong patterns of orange, black, brown, cream, tan. About 14mm wingspan.
Attracted to night nights at a local school.
Very cold conditions, easterly wind 12knots, humidity 85% soccasional spitting rain. Fragile appearance - wings kept flipping in the breeze. Larvae eat Maidenhair fern and bracken. Crambidae. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
Spotted on Nov 11, 2013
Submitted on Nov 12, 2013
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