62.0151 Delplanqueia inscriptella (Thyme Knot-horn)
ws: 18-23mm; Jun-Jul; wild thyme (Thymus polytrichus); status uncertain
Recently split from D.dilutella and added British list 2015 (Ref: Norfolk Moths)
Recently split from D.dilutella and added British list 2015 (Ref: Norfolk Moths)
Delplanqueia inscriptella §1 male
ID: According to Norfolk Moths, it has a brown (rather than grey) ground colour and lacks the white subbasal fascia shown by D.dilutella.
§1 not confirmed by genital dissection but it is brown and Dorset Moths states that almost all Dorset specimens of this species pair are D.inscriptella
§1 not confirmed by genital dissection but it is brown and Dorset Moths states that almost all Dorset specimens of this species pair are D.inscriptella
§1 Portland, Dorset; 20/06/2015; male; fw 9.6mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
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