David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
_______________________________________________________________________Moths
59 – Black V Moths
BLACK V
MOTH Arctornis l-nigrum
BLACK V
MOTH Arctornis l-nigrum
·
There appears to have been some conflict between the
attributors of the vernacular and scientific names of the Black V Moth Arctornis
l-nigrum (Lymantriidae) regarding the identity of the distinctive black
character adorning the forewings. Perhaps the link to either is tenuous, but there
should be little difficulty in identifying this species regardless unless the
scales have been worn away. The silky white wings of freshly emerged specimens
have been described as greenish, but the veins of this example (probably a male
as it had been attracted to light) appear to have possessed a cyan tint, which
with the absence of any scale damage suggested that its emergence had been
recent. The moth in the photographs was photographed in the South of France and
it has been recorded as an occasional immigrant to the UK.
-> Moths 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122
-> Species Index, Common Names
-> Species Index, Scientific Names
-> Site Index
-> Home