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Also flying by day at the same locality, 1 July, 2010, Picos Mountains, Cantabria, spain. Matthew

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Matthew Gandy
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This is a interesting mountain genus: I think is Metaxmeste (Pyralidae Odontiinae); I have two ex. from Dolomiti Bellunesi of M. phrygialis (Hubner, 1796) but I don't know a Iberian fauna.
Best regards
Giovanni

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Giovanni Timossi
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Thanks Giovanni, very interesting! They were flying so fast that it was almost impossible to get a picture! I will investigate this genus further. Matthew

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Matthew Gandy
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Yes the same species or in any case genus of this discussion

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Claudio Labriola
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