This plume moth is the first moth I have seen this year, though if I was a moth expert using a light trap at nights, I'm sure I would have caught one or two species already in 2015. And also, because I'm no expert, I don't know which of the 45 species of plume moths that are found in the British Isles this one is though the overall light brown colour with a darker spot on the wings suggests it may be a Emmelina monodactyla whose larvae feed on bindweed. There is plenty of that plant about in hedgerows of Endon and some growing through the holly tree in my garden which is near the greenhouse in which this moth was found.
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