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Look like leopard markings

3 from the trap.

Dun-bar.
Burnished brass.
Mother of pearl.

The Mother of Pearl's wings look lovely and the shiny golden ones of the Burnished Brass

Great once again Greg. I have never seen the Mother of Pearl. Very attractive.

Some from this morning....

September thorn.
Common lutestring.
Copper underwing.

Well OK, I'll settle for the first and the third but where does the "lutestring", common or otherwise, fit in ??

Placido wrote:Well OK, I'll settle for the first and the third but where does the "lutestring", common or otherwise, fit in ??

lustring
ˈlʌstrɪŋ/
nounhistorical
noun: lutestring
a glossy silk fabric, or a satin-weave fabric resembling it.



well that's wot Google says ............

It'll do me Greg. Sometimes it doesn't do to take anything too literally when it come to animal names as the Victorians(and earlier) seemed to have a very vivid imagination.

They were probably on something.

Aaahhaaahh, just have thought of this first ....... after your explanation, Greg, I had a dip into my grandad's old dictionary and there it is ~ lustring - a species of glossy silk.
Derives from the noun "lustre". Nothing to do with the mediaeval stringed instrument so I would hazard that the correct name of the moff under discussion is "Common Lustring". I like that .