43.006 Scythris potentillella (Sorrel Runner)
ws: 8-11mm; Jun-Jul; common/sheep's sorrel (Rumex acetosa/acetosella); pRDB - dry sandy soil in Suffolk
Scythris potentillella §1 female
ID: Forewing dark brown / blackish-brown with a basal streak of pale scales and scattered pale scales mainly in the apical half
Very similar to S.cicadella and requires genital determination.
Female genitalia: Both species have a horseshoe-shaped ostial plate: in S.potentillella the posterior ends of this plate are folded dorsally, in S.cicadella they are not (the image at Moth Dissection shows a small medially directed spur in this position in S.cicadella)
Very similar to S.cicadella and requires genital determination.
Female genitalia: Both species have a horseshoe-shaped ostial plate: in S.potentillella the posterior ends of this plate are folded dorsally, in S.cicadella they are not (the image at Moth Dissection shows a small medially directed spur in this position in S.cicadella)
§1 Thetford Forest, Suffolk; 25/05/2020; female; fw 5.4mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 04/01/2021 (§1)
