03.004 Phymatopus hecta (Gold Swift)
ws: 26-32mm (MGBGI1), fw: M12-15mm, F13-16mm; Jun-Jul; woodland, heath, rough grassland; locally throughout UK; lfp: bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)
Phymatopus hecta (Gold Swift) §1 female
ID: Forewing with two more or less parallel pale fasciae - white in male, pale golden-fuscous in female
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 Broxbourne Woods, Hertfordshire; 13/06/2009; female; fw 14mm
§2 Loch Arkaig, Highland; 04/07/2011; male
§3 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 11/07/2011; male; fw 14.2mm
§4 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 12/07/2011; male; fw 12.7mm
§5 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 12/07/2011; male; fw 13.3mm
§6 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 11/07/2011; female; fw 14.2mm
§7 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 17/07/2017; male
§8 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 17/07/2017; female
§9 Gait Barrows NR, Cumbria; 18/06/2014; male
§10 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 10/06/2018; male; fw 11.8mm; netted at dusk
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Loch Arkaig, Highland; 04/07/2011; male
§3 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 11/07/2011; male; fw 14.2mm
§4 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 12/07/2011; male; fw 12.7mm
§5 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 12/07/2011; male; fw 13.3mm
§6 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 11/07/2011; female; fw 14.2mm
§7 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 17/07/2017; male
§8 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 17/07/2017; female
§9 Gait Barrows NR, Cumbria; 18/06/2014; male
§10 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 10/06/2018; male; fw 11.8mm; netted at dusk
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published January 2011 | §7&8 added 12/04/2014 | §9 added 30/01/2015 | §10 added 13/03/2019