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Scopula minorata
Body length 6mm, wing span 16mm First two pictures are from the underside, it was resting on a clear plastic greenhouse cover
Balcony, attracted from surrounding countryside by night light.
Spotted on Jul 20, 2013
Submitted on Jul 24, 2013
5 Comments
Thanks all, it looked good enough for me to accept.
Perhaps S. minorata is a better match:
http://fotobiodelta.blogspot.com/2011/10...
It's very difficult to ID these Scopula, because some Scopula look like Idaea, and some Idaea look like Scopula.
I don't know, I have literally measure it and its smaller too, but what ever I have read about (markings descriptions) fits, but Ideae are from my experience, evidently shinier and btw. Idaea mediaria has no fine cloud-like markings and no signs of 4 spots that are typical for Scopulae ...I don't know but from this 2 the possibility that'd Ideae is 40%...
This one has only 16mm wingspan, Scopula marginepunctata is 25-28mm.
J has been suggesting Idaea mediaria for those similar to this and are 14-19mm.
Scopula sp. possibly Scopula marginepunctata http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Scop...