28.009 Endrosis sarcitrella (White-shouldered House Moth)
ws: 13-20mm; Mar-Nov, all year indoors; dead organic matter; common indoors and outdoors throughout GB
Endrosis sarcitrella §1
Generic features: Head with appressed scales, tufted posterolaterally; Antenna 4/5 length of fw, strongly ciliate in male; scape with pecten
Labial palps long, S3<S2; Fw V7&8 on a long joint stalk; Hw with hyaline patch at base; V4&3 shortly stalked or connate
Hindtibia densely clothed with long hairs; Abdomen with short spiny scales on dorsal surface
Male genitalia: uncus narrow, gnathos spatulate, valva with pointed apex, sacculus with distal process, juxta with 2 long processes, saccus well-developed; aedeaegus with one large hooked cornutus
Female genitalia: apophyses very long; posterior part of DB strongly sclerotised; signum absent
ID: Generally, easily identified by the white head and thorax.
Labial palps long, S3<S2; Fw V7&8 on a long joint stalk; Hw with hyaline patch at base; V4&3 shortly stalked or connate
Hindtibia densely clothed with long hairs; Abdomen with short spiny scales on dorsal surface
Male genitalia: uncus narrow, gnathos spatulate, valva with pointed apex, sacculus with distal process, juxta with 2 long processes, saccus well-developed; aedeaegus with one large hooked cornutus
Female genitalia: apophyses very long; posterior part of DB strongly sclerotised; signum absent
ID: Generally, easily identified by the white head and thorax.
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 12/09/2006
§2 Foulness, Essex; 12/08/2007
§3 Foulness, Essex; female; 04/09/2011
§4 St Marys, isles of Scilly; 01/10/2014; male; fw 5.9mm
§5 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 22/04/2020; female; fw 8.5mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 26/08/2020; male; fw 4.8mm
§7 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 15/03/2022; male; fw 7.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 12/08/2007
§3 Foulness, Essex; female; 04/09/2011
§4 St Marys, isles of Scilly; 01/10/2014; male; fw 5.9mm
§5 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 22/04/2020; female; fw 8.5mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 26/08/2020; male; fw 4.8mm
§7 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 15/03/2022; male; fw 7.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 10/11/2011 (§1-3) | §4 added 02/11/2014 | text added 16/09/2018 | §5 added 29/04/2020 | §6 added 08/02/2021 |
§7 added 09/05/2022
§7 added 09/05/2022
