Ghost Moth

Found this moth while cutting the grass earlier today. At first while it fluttered around I thought it was a Butterfly. It is quite large - probably nearly an inch, but I couldn't get it to stay still long enough for a correct measurement. I didn't have my camera with me, but I managed to captured it and photograph it in a glass jar before letting it free. I spent ages trolling the Net to identify it without success. I had thought it would be easy to identify given its reddish furry head. Then I had a look a Blipfoto moths and found this one!  Scrolling down the comments someone suggested Ghost Moth and I think that is correct. Seems they are mostly white - thus their title - but can come in yellow.

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