Remember that Tufted Duck with a nasal saddle that I saw in January? Well as it happens it has been seem again on 28/04/2022 at Lock of Skene near to Aberdeen, just over 500km away ....
As far as I can make out both P. suspectana and P. albuginana, which are
similar externally, share the dark blackened costal streak to the hindwing,
but otherwise the hindwing of P. suspectana is more uniformly grey and P.
albuginana has a paler central area making the costal streak stand out even
more.
P. suspectana allegedly feeds under the bark of ash, but it appears that is a theory and is not actually verified/proven or at least may not be the whole story.
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