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hastingsmothman
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#MothOfTheDay is one of the Thorn moths, the autumnal leaf mimic that is

LUNAR THORN
Selenia lunularia

Quite common in extreme SE UK, but quite scarce elsewhere. Larvae feed on oak, birch, privet and damson

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Side on shot of a moth on a table. It holds its wings vertical above its abdomen. Its wings are heavily scalloped along the back edge. The moth is a pale autumnal orange, like a fading leaf. It has a darker orange band edged in brown running across its wing with two white moon shaped stigmata within the band, giving it its name, Lunar Thorn