28.025 Pleurota bicostella (Heath Streak)
ws: 23-25mm; Jun-Jul, crepuscular; cross-leaved heath / bell heather (Erica tetralix/cinerea); local on heath and moor throughout GB
Pleurota bicostella §1 male
Generic features: Antenna 3/4 length of fw; finely ciliate in male, simple in female; scape with pecten; Labial palps long, S2 4x S3, S2 with tuft of forward projecting scales; Fw elongate, termen oblique, apex pointed; V8&7 stalked; Hx elongate; V4&3 connate or on a short stalk
§1 New Forest, Hampshire; 28/05/2010; male; fw 11.4mm
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 31/05/2010; male
§3 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 10/07/2011; male; fw 10.4mm
§4 Chobham Common, Surrey; 23/05/2017; male; fw 9.1mm
§5 Ben Lawers, Perthshire; 24/06/208; male; fw 10.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 31/05/2010; male
§3 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 10/07/2011; male; fw 10.4mm
§4 Chobham Common, Surrey; 23/05/2017; male; fw 9.1mm
§5 Ben Lawers, Perthshire; 24/06/208; male; fw 10.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 21/11/2011 | Specimen §3 added 03/01/2011 | §4 added 06/04/2018 | §5 added 29/12/2018
