63.016 Anania fuscalis (Rattle Pearl)
ws: 20-26mm; Jun; yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor) common cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense); common in meadows, marshes and moorland throughout GB
Synonym: Opsibotys fuscalis
Synonym: Opsibotys fuscalis
Anania fuscalis §1 female
ID: 2 other Pyraustines are grey with indistinct markings. Udea prunalis has more prominent stigmata. Anania terrealis has a smoother, less serrate postmedian line in the forewing (note however that specimen §2 has a much less serrate postmedian line than specimen §1) and a less prominent pale postmedian line in the hindwing; it also has relatively longer, narrower, more pointed forewings and averages larger (ws 24-28mm).
§1 Mull; 30/06/2011; female; fw 10.0mm
§2 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 19/07/2012; male; fw 11.0mm
§3 Buttermere, Cumbria; 26/06/2014; male
§4 Portland, Dorset; 19/06/2015; male; fw 11.3mm
§5 Mull; 19/06/2018; female; 9.7mm
§6 Mull; 20/06/2018; male; fw 10.8mm
§7 Pound Wood, Essex; 11/07/2019
§8 Pound Wood, Essex; 23/07/2019; female; fw 8.5mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 19/07/2012; male; fw 11.0mm
§3 Buttermere, Cumbria; 26/06/2014; male
§4 Portland, Dorset; 19/06/2015; male; fw 11.3mm
§5 Mull; 19/06/2018; female; 9.7mm
§6 Mull; 20/06/2018; male; fw 10.8mm
§7 Pound Wood, Essex; 11/07/2019
§8 Pound Wood, Essex; 23/07/2019; female; fw 8.5mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 20/02/2012 (§1) | §2 added 16/11/2012 | Genus changed from Opsibotys 19/03/2014 | §3 (legs) added 12/07/2014 |
§4 added 25/02/2016 | §5&6 added 04/07/2018 | §7 added 24/02/2020 | §8 added 29/02/2020
§4 added 25/02/2016 | §5&6 added 04/07/2018 | §7 added 24/02/2020 | §8 added 29/02/2020
