63.009 Pyrausta nigrata (Wavy-barred Sable)
ws: 14-17mm; bivoltine jun-Jul, Sep-Oct; wild thyme (Thymus polytrichus), marjoram (Origanum vulgare), corn mint (Mentha arvensis); local on downland in S.England and Cumbria (and once in my garden in an urban area on clay soil on the Thames Estuary!)
Pyrausta nigrata §1 male
ID: P.cingulata is also blackish but its creamy white postmedian line is straight or somewhat curved and not angulate as in P.nigrata. The all white cilia distinguish both these Pyrausta species from several somewhat similar rare migrants.
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 20/07/2010; male; fw 8.0mm
§2 Folkestone Warren, Kent; 11/06/2019; female; fw 6.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Folkestone Warren, Kent; 11/06/2019; female; fw 6.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 18/02/2012 (§1) | §2 added 15/02/2020
