The moths that hogged the limelight at Sunday's Euro 2016 final could be on their way to London, according to an expert.

Football fans saw the winged guests make a special appearance on their screens after the lights were reportedly left on overnight at the Stade de France before the match.

They flitted across the screen, even landing on the camera lens - and Cristiano Ronaldo's face as he laid on the floor injured.

And now it looks like they may have had their fill of Ronaldo's tears and be on their way to the capital.

Richard Fox, head of butterfly and moth recording at butterfly conservation, told the Independent that the Silver Y moths are a migrating species - and could be on their way to the UK.

The migration cycle normally begins around April or May, so they can arrive in Britain during the summer months.

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He said: "Even though they’re tiny little things with minute brains, the size of a pinhead, they are very sophisticated at flying.

"They’re able to choose the most efficient tail winds to fly on.

"So on a night when they want to migrate they’ll fly up in the air and sample winds at different altitudes and find the one that suits them.

"That enables them to travel much further and faster than under their own power alone."

Mr Fox said: "If there was a big migration of moths coming by on Saturday night then they could have well been attracted in by the lights, and then been sitting around on the pitch during the day.

"And then when all these human creatures arrive and starting chasing this white ball around then they had to get out of the way and started flying around the stadium instead."