02.003 Eriocrania unimaculella (White-spot Purple)
ws: 9-11mm; Mar-Apr; birch (Betula spp); common throughout GB
Synonym: Heringocrania unimaculella (Moth Dissection)
Synonym: Heringocrania unimaculella (Moth Dissection)
Eriocrania unimaculella §2 male
ID: forewing ground colour purple; hindwing scales broad; (conspicuous silvery dorsal forewing spot near tornus) > 5 species
Male genitalia: Tail of A8 clearly shorter than ventral plate of A8; central process of A8 broad and shallowly excavate.
Male genitalia: Tail of A8 clearly shorter than ventral plate of A8; central process of A8 broad and shallowly excavate.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 17/04/2011; male; fw 5.0mm
§2 Braemar, Aberdeenshire; 08/05/2016; male; fw 4.8mm
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 31/03/2021; female; fw 5.2mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Braemar, Aberdeenshire; 08/05/2016; male; fw 4.8mm
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 31/03/2021; female; fw 5.2mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 14/01/2012 (§1) | §2 added 26/06/2017 | §3 added 01/06/2021
