PYRALIDAE | Phycitinae

62.013 Uncinus obductella (Marjoram Knot-horn)

ws: 23-26mm (Goater), fw: 10-12mm (Sterling & Parsons); Jul-Aug; marjoram (Origanum vulgare); pRDB - chalk grassland in SE. England
Synonym: ​Moitrella obductella
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Uncinus obductella §4 male
ID: Reddish with a variable mix of black especially distal to the postemedian line; usually a yellow-orange thorax and base of the forewing, dorsum which is distinctive when present; often a yellow-orange costal stripe between somewhat obscure white antemedian and postmedian lines; a pair of black discal spots, sometimes with a white spot between them and usually another pair of black spots immediately distal to the antemedian line; a scattering of white scales of variable extent but usually present subcostally and subterminally
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Female genitalia:  
  • Variation
  • Dissection
  • Male genitalia
  • Female genitalia
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§1 Heydon, Cambridgeshire; 30/07/2024; male
§2 Heydon, Cambridgeshire; 30/07/2024; male
§3 Heydon, Cambridgeshire; 30/07/2024; male
§4 Heydon, Cambridgeshire; 30/07/2024; male
§5 Heydon, Cambridgeshire; 30/07/2024; male
§6 Heydon, Cambridgeshire; 30/07/2024; male
§7 Heydon, Cambridgeshire; 13/08/2024; male; fw 10.7mm
§8 Heydon, Cambridgeshire; 30/07/2024; male; fw 11.9mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 09/08/2024 (§1-6) | §7 added 12/11/2024 | §8 added dissection images of §4 added 24/11/2024