70.021 Scopula (Scopula) ornata (Lace Border)
fw: 12-13mm (Waring & Townsend); May-Jun, Jul-Sep; thyme (Thymus), marjoram (Oreganum); NS-A North Downs of Surrey and Kent
Scopula ornata (Lace Border) §1 male
ID: Pattern distinctive and unlikely to be confused. Wings largely white, with smudgy grey shading along costa. Forewing: fine brown antemedian line; faint brown median line; fine, undulating, postmedian line with 2 brown blotches distal to it, one at the dorsal end and one just costal to its centre, the line being accented adjacent to these blotches; 2 faint grey blotches between the brown blotches; a subterminal row of faint grey blotches; a fine dark terminal line. Hindwing similar to forewing except the antemedian line is replaced by a variable number of diffuse dark spots and there is a central black spot just distal to the median line
Dissection
Male genitalia
§1 Box Hill, Surrey; 27/05/2017; male; fw 12.4mm; netted by day
§2 Box Hill, Surrey; 27/05/2017; male; fw 11.3mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Box Hill, Surrey; 27/05/2017; male; fw 11.3mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 27/05/2017 (§1) | dissection images added 10/12/2017 | §2 added 15/12/2017
