EPERMENIIDAE | Epermeniinae | Epermeniini
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47.005 Epermenia chaerophyllella (Common Ridge-back)
ws: 12-13mm; trivoltine, all year (overwinters as adult); various apiaceae; common throughout GB
ID: Forewing with 3 or more dorsal scale tufts, not predominantly ochreous or whitish (though ground colour quite variable), with fascia 2mm wide (occupying ~1/3 of fw length), small white dots in disc, apex subfalcate.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 14/07/2008; female; fw 6.1mm
§2 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 03/10/2008 §3 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 05/10/2008; male §4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 14/06/2011; male; fw 6.0mm §5 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 01/11/2014; male; fw 6.4mm §6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 01/07/2015; female; fw 5.9mm; to light §7 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 11/10/2019; male; fw 5.7mm §8 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 13/10/2019; female; fw 6.5mm §9 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 11/08/2020; female; fw 5.6mm All images © Chris Lewis |
§10 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 09/10/2021; male; fw 6.8mm; netted at dusk
§11 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 09/10/2021; female; fw 6.7mm; netted at dusk §12 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 09/10/2021; male; fw 6.7mm; netted at dusk |
Page published 13/01/2012 (§1-4) | §5 added 08/11/2014 | §6 added 05/10/2015 | §7&8 added 18/12/2019 | §9 added 06/02/2021 |
§10&11 added 01/01/2022
§10&11 added 01/01/2022