49.010 Philedonides lunana (Northern Heath Tortrix)
ws: 14mm (BTM), fw 6-8mm (Sterling & Parsons); Mar-May; various moorland plants; NS-B moorland from midlands north
Philedonides lunana §1 male
ID: Forewing costa shallowly concave. Male has a bipectinate antenna. Forewing ground colour pale grey in male, whitish in female. Markings brown and black in variable proportions: a diffuse basal patch; a prominent diagonal median fascia from ~⅓ on the costa to the tornus and expanding somewhat towards the tornus; a preapical costal patch.
§1 Grange Fell, Cumbria; 16/04/2021; male; fw 6.3mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 18/04/2021 (§1) | dissection images of §1 added 12/05/2021
