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   15 Apr 2024
@donhe I can't find any Crocydopora cinigerella here or on LBH, BOLD or iNat with matching midde legs - they are quite distincive
   15 Apr 2024
Maybe they only grow hairy legs when there is an 'L' in the month.
   16 Apr 2024
There are Tortricids and Pyralids with 'hairy' legs but so far I cannot find any to match this moth. I have met, in person, many C. cinigerella and none displayed 'hairy' legs, even in ApriL. They also have much longer palps (except when very worn, which this moth is not). It's a puzzlement!
   16 Apr 2024
Seriously though: it could be a rare mating display, distributing pheromones.

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