David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
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Moths 35 – Buff Arches Moths
BUFF
ARCHES MOTH Habrosyne pyritoides
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The Buff
Arches Moth Habrosyne pyritoides is a very handsome insect and readily identifiable
as no other British moth has comparable markings. The looped ‘arches’ on the
forewings are particularly distinctive. This species belongs to the subfamily Thyatirinae, formerly considered to be a family (Thyatiridae) in its own right, but now treated as a subfamily
of Drepanidae (Hook-tips and their allies), although there is
little obvious physical resemblance to these moths. The photograph of a
rain-spattered individual has been scanned from an old transparency.
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