Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Help Requested

I am looking for help in finding larvae if a "plume" moth which is very rare (we think) in Yorkshire. The moth is called Capperia britanniodactyla. This is one species the bird club members who work upland cloughs, quarries and heaths will be likely to find. Its very easy to recognise and you are very unlikely to mistake anything else for it. I would be grateful for any records of this species, with GR please and a short description of the habitat and numbers of larvae or pupa. Rather than duplicate images and descriptions, all you need to know about what to look for and what the moth looks like are at http://calderdaleinvertebrateforum.blogspot.com/ If you can find this species it will give you a cracking record for Yorkshire lepidoptera and help me with building up my local lepidoptera records.

3 comments:

Alf King said...

Paul

Have you tried posting this on other fora, such as Huddersfield BC, Birdforum, news groups etc? I don't know if you would get more response but at least it would spread the word.

Goldon Gordon said...

Hi Alf
Thanks for the suggestion but I am only really interested in Calderdale records as I don't have the time to cover other areas. I only posted the request on the bird forum as its a species that many of the birder/moth-ers could easily find in their patch if it occurs.

Alastair said...

Paul,
Just followed your link and got to your blog which is rather good, and useful for me as it will help me know when to look out for things here. I'm recording "easy" inverts at the moment but used to do some more specialised things and am thinking of dusting off the microscope again. I'll certainly look out for your plume moth. I don't have your email address and your blog didn't let me post thus this rather indirect route ....

Best regards,