32.011 Agonopterix scopariella (Broom Buff)
ws:18-21mm; Aug-May; broom (Cytisus scoparius), tree lupin (Lupinus arboreus); local in heath and open wood throughout GB
Agonopterix scopariella §2 female
ID: Variable and similar to several other Agonopterix species. Likely to require genital dissection to confirm identity. Forewing ground colour brown; costa fairly straight, apex squared with termen at ~90 deg to costa; black/cloudy fuscous blotch in disc; a pair of oblique black dots in disc at 1/3, sometimes bordered with some white scales; white dots in disc at 1/2 and 3/5 which are variable in prominence and may be obscure. Very similar to A.atomella which has a more buff forewing ground colour; A.heracliana/ciliella have a more rounded forewing apex and more distinct, dark-outlined white discal dots; A.subpropinquella has a similar forewing shape but lacks white discal dots.
Male genitalia: Distal process of sacculus at ~90 deg to sacculus, straight, slender, narrowing to a pointed apex. A.atomella is similar but (by comparison with the drawings in MBGBI4.1 p54 figs15b,d) has a relatively long distal process of the sacculus such that it traverses almost the entire width of the valva.
Male genitalia: Distal process of sacculus at ~90 deg to sacculus, straight, slender, narrowing to a pointed apex. A.atomella is similar but (by comparison with the drawings in MBGBI4.1 p54 figs15b,d) has a relatively long distal process of the sacculus such that it traverses almost the entire width of the valva.
§1 Struy, Inverness-shire; 01/05/2016; male; to light
§2 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; female; fw 8.5mm; to light
§3 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; female; fw 8.4mm; to light
§4 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; male; fw 8.8mm; to light
§5 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; male; fw 8.8mm; to light
§6 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; female; fw 8.6mm; to light
§7 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 08/10/2021; male; fw 9.5mm
§8 Covert Woods, Kent; 24/07/2022
§9 Covert Woods, Kent; 24/07/2022
§10 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; 07/10/2023; female; fw 8.9mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; female; fw 8.5mm; to light
§3 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; female; fw 8.4mm; to light
§4 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; male; fw 8.8mm; to light
§5 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; male; fw 8.8mm; to light
§6 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; female; fw 8.6mm; to light
§7 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 08/10/2021; male; fw 9.5mm
§8 Covert Woods, Kent; 24/07/2022
§9 Covert Woods, Kent; 24/07/2022
§10 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; 07/10/2023; female; fw 8.9mm
All images © Chris Lewis
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