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Pterodroma
07-Jun-09, 18:36
The Small Phoenix has two forms, the one pictured here and one in which the dark central band across the forewing in broken by two white lines. This is a male indicated by the way the abdomen is held upward when the moth is at rest. It can be found in a wide range of habitats including gardens but is most numerous in woodland.

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