72.084 Callistege mi (Mother Shipton)
fw: 13-16mm; May-Jul, diurnal; white/red/hare’s-foot clover (Trifolium repens/pratense/arvense), black medick / lucerne (Medicago lupulina/sativa), common bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus); common in England & Wales, local in Scotland.
Synonym: Euclidia (Callistege) mi (RES checklist 2013)
Synonym: Euclidia (Callistege) mi (RES checklist 2013)
ID: Brown, forewing with an irregular cream outline resembling a crone’s face in profile, a dark brown spot indicating the crone’s eye.
§1 New Forest, Hampshire; 21/05/2010; fw 15.8mm
§2 Foulness, Essex; 12/06/2011; male; fw 13.8mm
§3 New forest, Hampshire; 01/06/2012; male; fw 13.8mm
§4 Isle of Wight; 02/06/2014; male
§5 Thetford, Norfolk; 09/06/2019; female; fw 13.3mm; netted by day
§6 Foulness, Essex; 30/05/2020
§7 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 18/05/2020
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 12/06/2011; male; fw 13.8mm
§3 New forest, Hampshire; 01/06/2012; male; fw 13.8mm
§4 Isle of Wight; 02/06/2014; male
§5 Thetford, Norfolk; 09/06/2019; female; fw 13.3mm; netted by day
§6 Foulness, Essex; 30/05/2020
§7 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 18/05/2020
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 21/03/2014 (§1-4) | §5 added 15/02/2020 | §6 added 01/06/2020 | §7 added 17/01/2021