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PYRALIDAE | Galleriinae | Tirathabini
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0025 Lamoria anella (Southern Double-spot)
ws: 20-43mm (Parsons & Clancy); rare migrant with 3 British records to date
Lamoria anella §1 female
ID: Sexually dimorphic the female larger than the male. Forewing brownish-grey with widely spaced and variably expressed antemedian and postmedian lines; the costa usually a shade darker between these cross-lines; a pair of black spots just dorsal to this costal shading, these spots often with a white centre.
Male genitalia:
Female genitalia: At 8.5mm in length the posterior apophyses of §1 are probably the longest I have seen in any moth.
Male genitalia:
Female genitalia: At 8.5mm in length the posterior apophyses of §1 are probably the longest I have seen in any moth.
§1 Earles Colne, Essex; 25/05/2026; female; fw 19.5mm; specimen supplied by Dan Blyton
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 03/06/2026 (§1)
