anyone know what this moth is? ( UK )

[Matti Jantunen]

In article <35b9de8b.4644162 at nntp.netcruiser>, rizyla at netcomuk.co.uk (Riz) says:
>
>Hi,
>
>I was trying out my new digicam in some woods yesterday when I saw
>this moth on the ground, being attacked by a wasp.
>Well, I got rid of the wasp and got this pic,
>
>http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~paulev/canon/mothfine512.jpg
>
>I think it was about 8cm across.
>
>I've looked in a couple of books but can't find anything that looks
>much like it.
>
>Thanks
>Riz
>

Moth in the picture is Laothoe populi (Linnaeus,1758) poplar hawkmoth, female.
 
L.populi has a relative Laothoe amurensis (Staudinger 1892) aspen hawkmoth. It remains a lot L. populi, and these two spieces can make a hybrid.

This information came from Finland.

Matti :o