35.022 Dichomeris marginella (Juniper Webber)
ws: 15-17mm; Jul-Aug; junipers (Juniperus spp); locally common on chalk/limestone downland and gardens with junipers in England
DIchomeris marginella §1 female
Generic features: Ocelli present; Antenna with apical 2/3 serrate, ciliate in male (except D.alacella); scape without pecten
Labial palp S3 >= S2 (< in D.alacella); S2 with large ventral brush of scales (except D.alacella where thickened with appressed scales)
Forewing elongate; V7&8 stalked, V7 to costa (except D.alacella where V7 absent V8&9 stalked); Hindwing broader than forewing (= in D.alacella); trapezoidal/subtrapezoidal; apex hardly produced (pointed in D.alacella); termen slightly sinuate; tornus rounded; V7&6 connate or stalked, V4&3 connate
Male genitalia: posterior margin of vinculum with enlarged assymetrical lobes or if not then aedeagus with long cornutus (>1/2 length of aedeagus)
Labial palp S3 >= S2 (< in D.alacella); S2 with large ventral brush of scales (except D.alacella where thickened with appressed scales)
Forewing elongate; V7&8 stalked, V7 to costa (except D.alacella where V7 absent V8&9 stalked); Hindwing broader than forewing (= in D.alacella); trapezoidal/subtrapezoidal; apex hardly produced (pointed in D.alacella); termen slightly sinuate; tornus rounded; V7&6 connate or stalked, V4&3 connate
Male genitalia: posterior margin of vinculum with enlarged assymetrical lobes or if not then aedeagus with long cornutus (>1/2 length of aedeagus)
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 20/07/2010; female; fw 7.5mm
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 20/06/2007; male; fw 8.8mm
§3 Arnside, Cumbria; 26/07/2013; male; fw 7.1mm
§4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 04/07/2018; male; fw 7.5mm
§5 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 01/07/2019; male; fw 7.2mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 14/06/2020; male; fw 7.9mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 20/06/2007; male; fw 8.8mm
§3 Arnside, Cumbria; 26/07/2013; male; fw 7.1mm
§4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 04/07/2018; male; fw 7.5mm
§5 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 01/07/2019; male; fw 7.2mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 14/06/2020; male; fw 7.9mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 02/11/2011 (§1-2) | §3 added 06/12/2013 |§4 added 26/04/2019 | §5 added 22/02/2020 | §6 added 22/01/2021
