Any help with sorting these out from Common Qs would be appreciated
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PQ has generally speckled appearance, more pointed wing tips, sometimes two small dots (one each side) quite close to leading edge adjacent to thorax (your pic shows this), two more dots near trailing edge just south of thorax, moth larger and broader than Q - not too helpful unless you've caught both. Yours is PQ: well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Steve, I thought it was, but wasn't confident. I've probably had others but when there are so many variations in the CQ, it's easy to miss one.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't look quite right for PQ to me, especially with that band across the wings. I think it is probably a pale form of Clouded Drab.
ReplyDeleteGeorge is undoubtedly correct!
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