Talk:Anania bryalis

When I looked up this moth, it is described as being found in Africa but there are 149 records from Norway. How the heck does an African moth end up in Norway? I added the information and citation but this seems very strange to me, especially when there are no other records in between Norway and the Congo. How does an African moth get to Norway without being found anywhere in between? Was it introduced? If so why? and how does it survive in such a radically different climate? Any of you leps peeps got any ideas on this? Is it a case of misidentification? I could understand if there was only one record but there are 149 records that include specimens as well as sightings. It's a mystery to me, that's for sure. Reefswaggie (talk) 09:39, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

If you look at this example record it is now tagged by gbif as having "Interpretation issues". Click on the 'verbatim content' link and the scientific name is given as Anania terrealis. A listing of observations by that observer (geirr o. pedersen) is available online here, and shows A. terrealis, not A. bryalis. I am going to remove the references to Norway from this article, without further investigation. William Avery (talk) 16:21, 4 July 2015 (UTC)