62.021 Oncocera semirubella (Rosy Knot-horn)
ws: 26-31mm (Goater) 17-29mm (UKMoths); Jun-Jul; common bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), white clover (Trifoium repens); NS-B (Hants moths) or locally common (Goater) on chalk downland and limestone cliffs in S.England from Norfolk to Somerset.
(I have also found it regularly on the London clay of Foulness; and on 03/10/2013 on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly - the first record for IOS)
(I have also found it regularly on the London clay of Foulness; and on 03/10/2013 on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly - the first record for IOS)
Oncocera semirubella §1 male
ID: Unmistakeable. The presence of a pale costal stripe is variable.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 08/08/2010; male
§2 Foulness, Essex; 11/07/2010; male
§3 Foulness, Essex; 20/07/2013; male; fw 13.8mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 08/07/2023; male; fw 13.3mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 08/07/2023; male; fw 11.8mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 08/07/2023; female; fw 11.2mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 11/07/2010; male
§3 Foulness, Essex; 20/07/2013; male; fw 13.8mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 08/07/2023; male; fw 13.3mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 08/07/2023; male; fw 11.8mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 08/07/2023; female; fw 11.2mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 20/03/2012 | §3 added 09/11/2013 | §4-6 added 04/10/2023
