02.006 Eriocrania cicatricella (Small Spring Jewel)
ws: 9-13mm (MBGBI1); Apr; leaf-mine birch (Betula spp) May; common in birch woodland throughout Britain.
Synonym E.haworthi (MBGBI1)
Synonym E.haworthi (MBGBI1)
Eriocrania cicatricella §1 male
ID: Forewing purple and gold; hindwing with broad scales; genital dissection needed
Male genitalia: Tails of A8 about as long as ventral plate of A8; paramere shallowly smoothly curved in basal ½, aedeagus kinked at ⅗
Male genitalia: Tails of A8 about as long as ventral plate of A8; paramere shallowly smoothly curved in basal ½, aedeagus kinked at ⅗
§1 Pound Wood, Essex; 31/03/2021; male; fw 4.9mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 07/05/2021 (§1)
