73.069 Xylocampa areola (Early Grey)
fw: 15-18mm; (Feb)Mar-May; honeysuckles (Lonicera spp); common in England and Wales, local in Scotland.
ID: Forewing light to dark grey, often tinged brown and occasionally flushed pinkish; oval and kidney marks pale; an additional pale mark between the oval and kidney, fused to the oval and often also to the kidney, this whole complex usually outlined in black.
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 27/03/2007
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 11/04/2007 §3 Foulness, Essex; 05/04/2009; male; fw 16.0mm §4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 07/04/2011; male; fw 16.6mm §5 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 22/04/2011; male; fw 15.3mm §6 Wye Valley, Gloucestershire; 04/05/2011; female; fw 16.7mm §7 Belfairs woods, Essex; 08/04/2015 §8 Borrowdale, Cumbria; 21/04/2016 §9 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 27/03/2017; male; fw 14.9mm; to light All images © Chris Lewis |
§10 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 05/04/2020; male; fw 15.2mm
§11 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 05/04/2020; male; fw 14.9mm §12 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 21/03/2022; female; fw 16.5mm |
Page published 12/04/2015 (§1-7) | §8 added 26/06/2017 | §9 added 01/04/2018 | §10 & 11 added 12/04/2020 | §12 added 08/05/2022