72.006 Hypena (Hypena) obsitalis (Bloxworth Snout)
fw: 15-17mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 29-32mm (MBGBI10); bivoltine Jul-Aug, Sep-Oct overwinters as adult then May-Jun; pellitory-of-the-wall (Parietaria officinalis); RDB resident since 1990 around south facing cliffs locally on south coast of England between Cornwall and Dorset and rare migrant first recorded 1884 (at Bloxworth,Dorset).
Hypena obsitalis (Bloxworth Snout) §2 female
ID: Varies considerably in extent and position of dark suffusion of forewing. Differs from H.proboscidalis (Snout) in having an irregular postmedian crossline. The very rare H.obesalis (Paignton Snout) is similar but larger (fw 18-22mm), has a broken postmedian line and lacks an erect scale tuft in the oval mark.
Hypena obsitalis (Bloxworth Snout) §1 female
§1 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; photographed 04/10/2011 a few days after capture by Martin Goody; female; fw 16.7mm
§2 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 22/10/2018; female; fw 14.3mm; potted on ivy
§3 Portland, Dorset; 30/09/2024; female; fw 16.5mm; netted at dusk
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 22/10/2018; female; fw 14.3mm; potted on ivy
§3 Portland, Dorset; 30/09/2024; female; fw 16.5mm; netted at dusk
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published March 2015 (§1) | §2 added 14/11/2018 | §3 added 13/11/2024
