15.027 Parornix carpinella (Hornbeam Parornix)
ws: 9–10; bivoltine May, Aug; hornbeam (Carpinus betulus); NS-A in woodland in SE.England
Parornix carpinella §2 male
ID: Head rough-haired; forewing without silvery-white spots or strigulae > Parornix which require genital dissection.
This species is suggested by heavy fuscous irroration, forewing pattern not strongly contrasting and tinged ochreous.
Male genitalia: (see Parornix for more details)
1. Sclerotised portion of vesica slightly longer than the aedeagal sheath
2. Saccus about as wide as long
3. Valva: lateral margin fairly evenly rounded
4. Juxta lobes long with an abrupt narrowing to a point at the apex
Female genitalia: Description based on images at Lepiforum.de
1. Ostium a broad, weakly sclerotised slit near centre of sterigma; IV not sclerotised or spiculate.
2. DB slightly longer than CB?
3. DB same width as IV, and heavily spiculate, in posterior portion (for about same length as ovipositor) then kinks slightly and gradually expands into CB with no clear junction. less densely spiculate in anterior portion.
4. 2 round smudgy signa with some surrounding spiculation.
This species is suggested by heavy fuscous irroration, forewing pattern not strongly contrasting and tinged ochreous.
Male genitalia: (see Parornix for more details)
1. Sclerotised portion of vesica slightly longer than the aedeagal sheath
2. Saccus about as wide as long
3. Valva: lateral margin fairly evenly rounded
4. Juxta lobes long with an abrupt narrowing to a point at the apex
Female genitalia: Description based on images at Lepiforum.de
1. Ostium a broad, weakly sclerotised slit near centre of sterigma; IV not sclerotised or spiculate.
2. DB slightly longer than CB?
3. DB same width as IV, and heavily spiculate, in posterior portion (for about same length as ovipositor) then kinks slightly and gradually expands into CB with no clear junction. less densely spiculate in anterior portion.
4. 2 round smudgy signa with some surrounding spiculation.
§1 Hockley Woods, Essex; 17/05/2014; male
§2 Pound Wood, Essex; 17/08/2019; male; fw 4.5mm
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 01/05/2019; male; fw 5.0mm
All Images © Chris Lewis
§2 Pound Wood, Essex; 17/08/2019; male; fw 4.5mm
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 01/05/2019; male; fw 5.0mm
All Images © Chris Lewis
Page published 14/09/2013 (§1) | §2 added 21/05/2014 | Original §1 reidentified as P.fagivora, original §2 renumbered as §1 and text amended 23/05/2016 | §2 added 17/12/2019 | §3 added 06/01/2020
