74.004 Nola confusalis (Least Black Arches)
fw: 9-11mm; May-Jun; various broadleaved trees; local in England & Wales, becoming even more local further north in England and into S.Scotland.
Nola confusalis (Least Black Arches) §2 female
ID: Distinguished from other Nolinae by having a distinct curved postmedian black cross-line and in having the proximal half of the forewing noticeably whiter than the distal half.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 24/05/2007
§2 Ham Fen, Kent; 21/05/2010; female; fw 10.1mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 17/04/2011; male
§4 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 19/04/2011; male
§5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 09/06/2013
§6 Chobham Common, Surrey; 23/05/2017; male; fw 8.4mm
§7 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 08/05/2020; female; fw 9.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Ham Fen, Kent; 21/05/2010; female; fw 10.1mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 17/04/2011; male
§4 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 19/04/2011; male
§5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 09/06/2013
§6 Chobham Common, Surrey; 23/05/2017; male; fw 8.4mm
§7 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 08/05/2020; female; fw 9.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 05/03/2015 (§1-5) | §6 added 06/04/2018 | §7 added 13/01/2021
