62.024 Rhodophaea formosa (Beautiful Knot-horn)
ws: 20-23mm; Jun-Sep; elm (Ulmus spp); local in hedgerows with elms in SE.England
Synonym: Pempelia formosa (Goater)
Synonym: Pempelia formosa (Goater)
Rhodophaea formosa §1 female
ID: distinguished from similar species by the irregular wedge-shaped black median blotch which is broadest at costa.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 24/06/2012; female; fw 10.2mm
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 05/07/2013; male; fw 10.2mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 18/07/2023; female; fw 9.4mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 05/07/2013; male; fw 10.2mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 18/07/2023; female; fw 9.4mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 20/03/2012 | Previous §1 removed and replaced 10/09/2012 | Genus changed from Pempelia 24/03/2014 | §2 added 01/04/2014 |
§3 added 11/11/2023
§3 added 11/11/2023
