This was a nice surprise last night - the first Noctuid I have seen in almost a month. A sort of Clint Eastwood among the Pinions, seen here enjoying a drink from a damp salmonberry leaf after its temporary confinement while I attempted to
name it. Like our
Lithophane species it flies
late in the year, hibernates, and flies again in
spring. (Of 65 species in this Holarctic genus half a dozen are found in the UK and 44 in North America according to Powell and Opler).
Lithophane innominata - The Nameless Pinion - 19/5/2010 Lake Forest Park, attracted to houselights
Two other moths came and must also be
nameless for now. One is another
Hydriomena sp. (or possibly the same as
below). The smaller (it has a wingspan of about 20mm), plainer species shown here has, I think, visited at least 3 times before this month. Frustratingly, I do not know what it is. Possibly a species of
Venusia...
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