Lura mill-waqfa u lura għas-serje Genius of the Press insetti-aħbarijiet-falliment! Frisk mill-preses mis-sena li għaddiet, id-Dipartiment għall-Ambjent, L-Ikel u l-Affarijiet Rurali fir-Renju Unit ingħalqu minħabba infestazzjoni massiva ta’ kamla tal-ħwejjeġ. L-istampa murija hawn minn “In-Nazzjon” story is a far cry from a proper clothes moth (Tineidae) – looks like a Noctuidae of some kind.
But it’s hard to blame them for getting this moth wrong when UK pest control companies don’t even know what a clothes moth is. Here is Instakil’s version of “the moth” that happens to be a Plusiinae noctuid.
And the winner for failed identification goes to this other UK company “Hawk Force“. Not even a moth – but a skipper butterfly!
