45.023 Marasmarcha lunaedactyla (Crescent Plume)
ws: 18-22mm; Jul; rest-harrow (Ononis repens); local on downland, shingle beaches and sand dunes in S.England and S.Wales
ID: Moon-shaped pale transverse fascia at base of forewing cleft. Sexually dimorphic, the male having a darker brown general colour.
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 09/07/2010; female; fw 10.0mm
§2 Folkestone Warren, Kent; 14/07/2014; male
§3 Cranwich Camp, Norfolk; 29/06/2017; female; fw 10.3mm; netted by day
§4 North Warren, Suffolk; 16/07/2017; male; fw 9.7mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 09/07/2022; female; fw 10.4mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 22/06/2024; male
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§2 Folkestone Warren, Kent; 14/07/2014; male
§3 Cranwich Camp, Norfolk; 29/06/2017; female; fw 10.3mm; netted by day
§4 North Warren, Suffolk; 16/07/2017; male; fw 9.7mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 09/07/2022; female; fw 10.4mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 22/06/2024; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 03/04/2012 (§1) | §2 added 22/07/2014 | §3 added 09/04/2018 | §4 added 16/04/2018 | §5 added 14/12/2022 |
§6 added 21/08/2024
§6 added 21/08/2024