66.002 Trichiura crataegi (Pale Eggar)
fw: 14-17mm; Aug-Sep; birch (Betula spp), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), hawthorn (Crataegus spp); locally common throughout GB
Trichiura crataegi (Pale Eggar) §1 male
ID: Pale grey with two dark cross-lines bordering a darker grey median fascia; no white forewing spot. Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Pine Processionary) [Family: Notodontidae] has a similar colour and pattern but has a dark crescent mark in the median fascia of the forewing.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 30/08/2009; fw 14.8mm; male
§2 Compton Bishop, Somerset; 27/08/2014; fw 13.9mm; male
§3 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 14/08/2016; male
§4 Bernwood Forest, Oxfordshire; 17/08/2017; male; fw 13.7mm
§5 Bernwood Forest, Oxfordshire; 17/08/2017
§6 Muir of Dinnet, Aberdeenshire; 22/09/2019
§7 Foulness, Essex; 11/09/2021; male
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Compton Bishop, Somerset; 27/08/2014; fw 13.9mm; male
§3 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 14/08/2016; male
§4 Bernwood Forest, Oxfordshire; 17/08/2017; male; fw 13.7mm
§5 Bernwood Forest, Oxfordshire; 17/08/2017
§6 Muir of Dinnet, Aberdeenshire; 22/09/2019
§7 Foulness, Essex; 11/09/2021; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 05/11/2014 | §2 added 28/11/2014 | §3 added 19/04/2017 | §4&5 added 18/04/2018 } §6 added 18/12/2019 |
§7 added 26/12/2021
§7 added 26/12/2021
