David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
________________________________________________________Moths
106 – Orange Underwing Moths
ORANGE UNDERWING MOTH Archiearis
parthenias
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The diurnally active and peripatetic Orange
Underwing Moth Archiearis parthenias (Geometridae,
Archiearinae) presents something of a
challenge to photographers as it rarely settles in positions where it can be
photographed, and it is easily disturbed if it does, flying straight back up
to the treetops. This moth is also similar in appearance to the Light Orange
Underwing Moth A. notha, and as these
species are essentially indistinguishable on the wing, a clear photograph
showing the hindwings, which in this case have been compared with those of an
authoritative on-line reference, or a captive specimen may be required for
identifications to be made. The photograph has been scanned from an old
transparency of a worn specimen. The larvae of A. parthenias
feed on Birches Betula spp., and those of A. notha on Aspen Populus tremula,
so a knowledge of the local botany may prove to be useful at sites where one or
both species are residents.
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