ETHMIIDAE

33.004 Ethmia terminella (Scarce Bugloss Ermine)

ws: 16-22; Jun-Jul; viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare); NS-A on vegetated shingle beaches from East Sussex to North Essex.
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Ethmia terminella §1 male
ID:  Forewing white with a grey suffusion along costa and dorsum; 6 small to medium black spots in 2 rows of 3; a series of small black spots around the apex and termen. No similar species has the terminal black spots.
  • Variation
  • Dissection
  • Male genitalia
  • Female genitalia
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§1 Dungeness, Kent; 11/06/2019; male; fw 9.2mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 12/06/2019 (§1) - dissection images and ID text added 22/01/2020