73.002 Abrostola triplasia (Dark Spectacle)
fw: 14-18mm; Jun-Jul, bivoltine in SW.England Aug-Sep; common nettle (Urtica dioica), hop (Humulus lupulus); common in SW&NW.England and Wales, more local elsewhere in England and very local in Scotland.
Abrostola triplasia (Dark Spectacle) §3 male
ID: See Abrostola for more detail on the separation of this species from A.tripartita (Spectacle)
Basal area colour pale reddish-straw contrasting with darker terminal area; at the forewing apex 3 short black streaks run along the veins proximally from the straw-coloured subterminal line (the most costal of these 3 is usually short and may be indistinct); stigmata finely outlined with the 2 oval marks connected in a figure of 8 so that the kidney mark appears the larger of 3 marks.
Basal area colour pale reddish-straw contrasting with darker terminal area; at the forewing apex 3 short black streaks run along the veins proximally from the straw-coloured subterminal line (the most costal of these 3 is usually short and may be indistinct); stigmata finely outlined with the 2 oval marks connected in a figure of 8 so that the kidney mark appears the larger of 3 marks.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 11/09/2011; male; fw 15.8mm
§2 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 03/10/2013; male; fw 14.9mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 20/05/2014; male; fw 14.9mm
§4 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 30/09/2014; male; fw 14.6mm
§5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 07/10/2019; male; fw 14.8mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 13/08/2021; male; fw 15.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 03/10/2013; male; fw 14.9mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 20/05/2014; male; fw 14.9mm
§4 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 30/09/2014; male; fw 14.6mm
§5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 07/10/2019; male; fw 14.8mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 13/08/2021; male; fw 15.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 23/03/2015 (§1-4) | §5 added 18/12/2019 | §6 added 11/12/2021
