12.008 Stenoptinea cyaneimarmorella (Cyan Marbled)
ws: 12-14mm; May-Sep; ? lichens/rotten wood; RDB with ~9 British records.
MBGBI2 (1985) records up to 4 UK records all from S.England, most recent 1979. Moth Dissection and Essex Field Club list an Essex record in 2006; Moth Dissection also records records from Buckinghamshire (2005, 2006 & 2013)
MBGBI2 (1985) records up to 4 UK records all from S.England, most recent 1979. Moth Dissection and Essex Field Club list an Essex record in 2006; Moth Dissection also records records from Buckinghamshire (2005, 2006 & 2013)
ID: Head ochreous yellow. Forewing variable mix of pale brown dark brown and blackish, prominent scale tufts, whitsh costal spots in apical half, pale brown chequering of apical margins.
§1 Pound Wood, Essex; 11/07/2019; female; fw 5.6mm; to light; 2nd Essex record, possibly 9th British record
§2 Hazeleigh, Essex; 17/07/2024; female; fw 5.6mm
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§2 Hazeleigh, Essex; 17/07/2024; female; fw 5.6mm
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