70.002 Idaea muricata (Purple-bordered Gold)
fw: 8-10mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 18-20mm (UKMoths); Jun-Jul; marsh cinquefoil (Potentilla palustris); NS-B in damp heath, fen, bog in England & Wales
Idaea muricata (Purple-bordered Gold) §1 male
ID: Pinkish-purple with gold termen and fringes on all four wings. Form auroraria has large yellow-gold patches basal to a deep purple subterminal line. Form totaruba has very small gold patches and a less obvious purplish subterminal line. (Gold-bordered Purple would have been a more appropriate English name!)
DIssection
Male genitalia
§1 Catfield Fen, Norfolk; 30.06/2016; male; fw 8.7mm (specimen supplied by Ben Lewis)
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 17/08/2016 (§1)
