tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post2701531945036847534..comments2023-04-04T09:31:49.481+02:00Comments on Aigronne Valley Wildlife: Moth Mondays - A hunk of Burnished Brass... twiceTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-7033800125781106682017-01-30T19:41:25.680+01:002017-01-30T19:41:25.680+01:00I'm happy to remain confumbled .... just to ha...I'm happy to remain confumbled .... just to have these beauties around is good enough! <br />Thank you Susan for the haystack dismantling! <br />No needle.... but quite a large box of crochet hooks!!<br />The German site also mentions genitalia.... but that was about the only word I got!!<br />Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-17892844156959727702017-01-30T16:47:07.011+01:002017-01-30T16:47:07.011+01:00Don't worry. Nobody knows the answer to this a...Don't worry. Nobody knows the answer to this at the moment. I've just checked Le Monde des Insectes. The difficulty seems to be distinguishing between D. chrysitis ab juncta and D. stenochrysis. They may or may not be different species, and until more is known about them, you'll just have to put up with being confused.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-24448993117519359742017-01-30T16:36:36.458+01:002017-01-30T16:36:36.458+01:00A quick twirl around the internet suggests that th...A quick twirl around the internet suggests that there is a species complex which includes these two plus D. nadeja, only reliably distinguished by examination of genitalia. I would treat them as separate species, as they are in France, but admit, as you have done, that you are not certain of the precise IDs. You could try getting an opinion off Le Monde des insects. D. stenochrysis is not listed as present in the British Isles on Fauna Europaea, which will be why UK Moths just has one entry, for D. chrysitis only. <br />Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com