About the Kent Moths Gallery

This blog is intended as a gallery of photos for all moths found in the county of Kent. Please send through your quality images (and links to your websites) of moth species caught yesterday or yesteryear in order that this can become a complete archive of Kent's moth fauna.

Many thanks,
Tony Morris (Admin) & Ross Newham (Admin) kentmothsgallery@gmail.com

Sunday, 24 April 2011

Incurvaria masculella

Incurvaria masculella


This female Incurvaria masculella was caught last night at St Margaret's at Cliffe. Food plant is Hawthorn. Male masculella have comb-like or 'pectinate' antennae, a feature unusual amongst the 'micros'.

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