29.001 Diurnea fagella (March Tubic)
ws: 26-30mm (MBGBI4.1), fw ♂13-14mm, ♀8-11mm; Mar-May; various deciduous trees; common in deciduous woodland throughout GB
Diurnea fagella §4 male
ID: ♂ Ground colour white with a very variable amount of black irroration. Antemedian line pale (so stands out better in dark specimens); obliquely angled from costa distally; not reaching dorsum; lined distally with black in its central portion, this line sometimes extended distally to for a "Y". Usually 3 black spots in mid-section of wing - a proximal closely adjacent pair and a more distal single spot. ♀ similarly marked but with short pointed wings. (Only males come to light, the females are flightless)
§1 Derbyshire dales; 04/04/2008; male; fw 12.2mm
§2 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire; 04/05/2013; male
§3 Hanningfield, Essex; 15/04/2013; male; fw 12.8mm
§4 Hanningfield, Essex; 15/04/2013; male; fw 13.4mm
§5 Hanningfield, Essex; 15/04/2013; male; fw 12.4mm
§6 Hanningfield, Essex; 15/04/2013; male; fw 12.7mm
§7 Inveruglas, Argyll; 24/04/2016; male
§8 Foulness, Essex; 18/03/2017; male; fw 12.4mm
§9 Pound Wood, Essex; 25/03/2021; male
§10 Pound Wood, Essex; 31/03/2021; female
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire; 04/05/2013; male
§3 Hanningfield, Essex; 15/04/2013; male; fw 12.8mm
§4 Hanningfield, Essex; 15/04/2013; male; fw 13.4mm
§5 Hanningfield, Essex; 15/04/2013; male; fw 12.4mm
§6 Hanningfield, Essex; 15/04/2013; male; fw 12.7mm
§7 Inveruglas, Argyll; 24/04/2016; male
§8 Foulness, Essex; 18/03/2017; male; fw 12.4mm
§9 Pound Wood, Essex; 25/03/2021; male
§10 Pound Wood, Essex; 31/03/2021; female
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published Jan 2012 | §2 added 24/06/2013 | §3-6 added 19/04/2014 | §7 added 26/06/2017 | §8 added 01/04/2018 |
§9 and ID text added 26/03/2021 | §10 added 01/04/2021| dissection images of §10 added 11/05/2021
§9 and ID text added 26/03/2021 | §10 added 01/04/2021| dissection images of §10 added 11/05/2021
