New British moth found in Hembury Woods is world first

April 28, 2010 - PRLog -- The 3mm-long micro  moth, which lives in Hembury Woods in Devon, was recognised as a new species  this year. This week, the biologist who discovered it is presenting the Natural  History Museum of London with one of the first known specimens.
The receipt of  this "type" specimen will mark the official acceptance of the moth's  existence in the country. The tiny micro moth, which has a wingspan of just  6mm, was first spotted in 2004.
At that time,  amateur naturalist Bob Heckford sighted the unusual bright green caterpillars  of this tiny leaf-mining moth on oak saplings within Hembury Woods, a site  managed by the National Trust. In January this year, the moth was officially  recognised in the journal Zookeys as a new species, named Ectoedemia heckfordi after  its discoverer. It is not known to live outside of the UK esp. shopping online  only can shopping from http://www.uggs-boots.org/ .
Official  presentation
Now Mr Heckford is  presenting the Natural History Museum with the original specimen. That is  important, because it marks the official acknowledgement by the scientific  world of the specimen as the "type" for that species, against which  any future finds will be compared and determined.
"We hear so  much about the losses to the natural world, and less about the gains; which  makes this find, however small, so important," says Matthew Oates, an  adviser on nature conservation at the National Trust.
"Amateur  naturalists have a wonderful window on the wildlife world and nature continues  to amaze us and throw up surprises even in the UK."
There are well  over 2,000 species of micro moth in the UK. They come in various shapes and  sizes, but many are extremely pretty, though only appreciated under  magnification. Our store sales Ugg Boots and our website is http://www.uggs-boots.org/bailey-button-ugg-boots-c-3.html you can shopping online and contact us, we  will very welcome! A few are actually larger than some larger, so-called macro  moths.
Their biology  varies. Most are plant feeders, with larvae often mining galleries in leaves,  between the leaf surfaces.
A few mine stems. Some,  though, breed in fungi and a few have aquatic larvae.
Most are nocturnal  but quite a few also fly by day.
Caterpillars of  the new species are found mostly on oak saplings and low growth of oak in the  shade.
The mines they  make are quite dark and the caterpillars are bright green which is quite  unusual for micro moths.
The adults lay  their eggs on the underside of the leaf.

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