New Moth Species - Mother Shipton

My hesitation in buying a moth trap is I think justified. It's not just the endless hours I would have to put into identification but also a new barrier I just found out about which is that unless you get up before dawn to collect the moths that are on the ground close to the trap then all you are doing is providing breakfast for the local bird population. However there is no excuse for missing out on identifying any day-flying moths on site and I can add one species to that list today. The photo above is a Mother Shipton (Callistege mi) whose larval foodplants include clover and Bird's Foot Trefoil (which is appropriately also in the picture).