Last night there were few moths, but I was amazed to find E. lichenea (Feathered Ranunculus) at such an early date.  There was also a smooth honey-coloured Wainscot, just like M. favicolor (Mathew's Wainscot); there is salt-marsh within range, but this species is not known West of Hampshire.  Since most, but not all, Continental specialists doubt the existence of this taxon, and the genitalia are scarcely different, I had better just call it M. pallens (Common Wainscot) - a case for DNA examination. David Agassiz