I am teetering on engaging with the moth species that are around but haven't yet done so. However one was resting on my side door today so I took a picture and set about searching for it in my 'Field Guide to Moths'. I was puzzling as to why it wasn't in the book until I read the forward where it said that it did not cover micro moths. I hadn't even realised there were such things but this moth was certainly small and a bit of internet research using the excellent ukmoths.org.uk provided the answer. The moth is Pyrausta aurata and is known as the Mint moth as that is one of the larval foods.
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