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YPSOLOPHIDAE | Ypsolophinae
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17.008 Ypsolopha alpella (Short-barred Ochre)
ws: 14-18mm (MBGBI3), fw: 7-9mm (Sterling & Parsons); Aug (MBGBI3), Jul-Oct (Sterling & Parsons); oak (Quercus spp); local in oak woodland in S.England and S.Wales
Ypsolopha alpella §1 male
ID: Termen not produced or falcate; no forewing streaks; head, thorax and forewing mainly pale ochreous; traces of 2 oblique fasciae extending ~halfway across forewing from dorsum. Y.sylvella is similar but the forewing fasciae reach the costa.
Male genitalia: Small spur at apex of valvae
Male genitalia: Small spur at apex of valvae
§1 Pound Wood, Essex; 27/08/2019; male; fw 7.1mm; to light
§2 Pound Wood, Essex; 15/09/2020; male; fw 7.7mm
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 15/09/2020; male; fw 7.3mm
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 09/11/2020; male
§5 Pound Wood, Essex; 05/08/2020; male; fw 7.2mm
§6 Pound Wood, Essex; 25/08/2021; female; fw 7.6mm
§7 Pound Wood, Essex; 09/03/2022; male; fw 7.7mm
§8 New Forest, Hampshire; 05/08/2024
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Pound Wood, Essex; 15/09/2020; male; fw 7.7mm
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 15/09/2020; male; fw 7.3mm
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 09/11/2020; male
§5 Pound Wood, Essex; 05/08/2020; male; fw 7.2mm
§6 Pound Wood, Essex; 25/08/2021; female; fw 7.6mm
§7 Pound Wood, Essex; 09/03/2022; male; fw 7.7mm
§8 New Forest, Hampshire; 05/08/2024
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 03/09/2019 (§1) | §2&3 added 04/10/2020 | §4 added 27/11/2020 | §5 added 04/02/2021 | §6 added 15/12/2021 |
§7 added 07/05/2022 | §8 added 15/10/2024
§7 added 07/05/2022 | §8 added 15/10/2024
