{"id":43881,"date":"2024-09-03T08:23:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T08:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=43881"},"modified":"2025-01-10T10:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T10:25:55","slug":"a-rare-moth-from-the-afrotropics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/a-rare-moth-from-the-afrotropics\/","title":{"rendered":"A rare moth from the Afrotropics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I ran my usual garden light trap overnight on 27th August 2024 in Melbourne, South Derbyshire. Whilst processing the trap on the morning of 28th August I discovered an unfamiliar <em>Olethreutinae<\/em> species. I managed to pot it and put it to one side for viewing later. I had a second <em>Olethruetinae<\/em> species, this time one that I had seen before, but couldn&#8217;t put a name to it. So this was also potted and put to one side. These two moths were the last ones to be processed. I then spent the next three hours trying to ID both of them., in the end I gave up. One I thought was Large Marble (Phiaris schulziana) but the patterning didn&#8217;t look right despite my moth having a very distinctive white spot about two thirds in the centre of the forewing. I even looked at False Codling Moth, but when I discovered it was an Afrotropical species, often being occasionally imported as a larva in oranges and other fruits and seeds, I decided this was too far fetched.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I consulted with one of the members of our records team and good friend Will Soar. He very quickly identified one of the moths as <em>Eudemis profundana<\/em>, but was very intrigued by the second, saying that the moth was something far more interesting. A False Codling Moth, <em>Thaumatotibia leucotreta<\/em>. After checking photos on Lepiforum.org, it was a perfect match. A first record of the species for VC57 and for Derbyshire. This was the third that Will has identified in Britain, one in Norfolk and Essex and now this one.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/False-Codling-Moth-49.3431-BF-1215-Thaumatotibia-leucotreta-_U8A5655-1000x667.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43882\" style=\"width:686px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/False-Codling-Moth-49.3431-BF-1215-Thaumatotibia-leucotreta-_U8A5655-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/False-Codling-Moth-49.3431-BF-1215-Thaumatotibia-leucotreta-_U8A5655-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/False-Codling-Moth-49.3431-BF-1215-Thaumatotibia-leucotreta-_U8A5655-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/False-Codling-Moth-49.3431-BF-1215-Thaumatotibia-leucotreta-_U8A5655-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/False-Codling-Moth-49.3431-BF-1215-Thaumatotibia-leucotreta-_U8A5655-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/False-Codling-Moth-49.3431-BF-1215-Thaumatotibia-leucotreta-_U8A5655.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Thaumatotibia leucotreta<\/em> &#8211; False Codling Moth &#8211; Tony Davison\u00a9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Eudemis-profundana-_U8A5757-1000x667.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43883\" style=\"width:682px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Eudemis-profundana-_U8A5757-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Eudemis-profundana-_U8A5757-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Eudemis-profundana-_U8A5757-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Eudemis-profundana-_U8A5757-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Eudemis-profundana-_U8A5757-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Eudemis-profundana-_U8A5757.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Eudemis profundana<\/em> &#8211; Oak Marble &#8211; Tony Davison\u00a9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ran my usual garden light trap overnight on 27th August 2024 in Melbourne, South Derbyshire. Whilst processing the trap on the morning of 28th August I discovered an unfamiliar Olethreutinae species. I managed to pot it and put it to one side for viewing later. I had a second Olethruetinae species, this time one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[765,833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-765","category-moths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}