15.014 Gracillaria syringella (Garden Stilt)
ws: 10-13mm; bivoltine Apr-May, Jul; privet (Ligustrum vulgare, L.ovalifoium), ash (Fraxinus excelsior), lilac (Syringa vulgaris); abundant throughout UK.
Gracillaria syringella §1
ID: Labial palp with S2 not tufted; forewing with one or more complete or partial oblique white fasciae. The exact pattern is quite variable.
C.cuculipennella may appear similar but has a tuft of S2 of labial palp.
Note that specimens §1 & §2 were obtained outside the quoted date range for this species.
C.cuculipennella may appear similar but has a tuft of S2 of labial palp.
Note that specimens §1 & §2 were obtained outside the quoted date range for this species.
§1 Loch Rannoch, Perthshire; 25/08/2008
§2 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynnedd; 21/06/2010; male; fw 5.3mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 29/05/2012; female
§4 St Lawrence, Isle of Wight; 30/05/2014; male; fw 5.8mm
§5 Leigh-on-sea, Essex; 25/08/2019; female; fw 4.7mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 19/07/2021; male; fw 5.2mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynnedd; 21/06/2010; male; fw 5.3mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 29/05/2012; female
§4 St Lawrence, Isle of Wight; 30/05/2014; male; fw 5.8mm
§5 Leigh-on-sea, Essex; 25/08/2019; female; fw 4.7mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 19/07/2021; male; fw 5.2mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 13/02/2011 | §3 added 10/06/2012 | Genus changed from Caloptilia 09/03/2014 | §4 added 15/01/2015 | §5 added 09/09/2019 |
§6 added 01/12/2021
§6 added 01/12/2021
