Jane Hand sent me this photo (above) of a tawny pinion that she caught this week at Rhandirmwyn. Compare it with the dark-marked pale pinion (below) that I also caught very recently. Tawny pinion has a much straighter costa (front edge of forewing), darker abdominal and thoracic crests and, `in
the flesh`, tawny pinion has a strong blue-green iridescence on the dark areas when the moth is tilted to the light.
Above: pale pinion, Llanelli.
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