02.003 Eriocrania unimaculella (White-spot Purple)
ws: 9-11mm; Mar-Apr; birch (Betula spp); common throughout GB
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 S8 clearly shorter than ventral plate of S8; central process of S8 broad and shallowly excavate.
Male genitalia: Tail of S8 clearly shorter than ventral plate of S8; central process of S8 broad and shallowly excavate.
Dissection
Male genitalia
Tail of S8 clearly shorter than ventral plate of S8; central process of S8 broad and shallowly excavate.
Tail of S8 clearly shorter than ventral plate of S8; central process of S8 broad and shallowly excavate.
Leaf-mine and Larva
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 17/04/2011; male; fw 5.0mm
§2 Braemar, Aberdeenshire; 08/05/2016; male; fw 4.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Braemar, Aberdeenshire; 08/05/2016; male; fw 4.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 14/01/2012 (§1) | §2 added 26/06/2017
