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Red Dye Moth

Lythria sanguinaria

Description:

Pink borders on all wings, pink and sand bands on upper fore-wing and orange on upper hind-wing.

Habitat:

Mountain airfield at 1100 metres asl.

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Lythria sanguinaria
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Thanks for the ID Kostas. Only the French have a Common Name for this, L'Ensanglantée de la Garance, which translates as "The Blood of the Madder", the Madder being a plant used by extracting red dye, hence I have called it a Red Dye Moth, which sounds better than Bloody Madder Moth!

Castilla y León, Spain

Spotted on Apr 4, 2015
Submitted on May 10, 2015

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