#MothOfTheDay is a greyscale beauty.

POPLAR GREY
Subacronicta megacephala

As its name suggests, larvae is rather fond of poplar trees. One of the 'dagger' moths, this chap should be darker and is now strikingly similar to the Sycamore moth, but the white patches identify it as Poplar Grey.

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