​PTEROPHORIDAE | Pterophorinae

45.029 Buckleria paludum (Sundew Plume)

ws: 11-13mm (Hart), fw: 5-7mm (Sterling & Parsons); Jun-Aug; round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia); NS-A - damp heath and bog in England and Wales 
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Buckleria paludum §1
ID: 3rd lobe of hindwing without a scale tooth; 1st lobe of forewing pointed, without a tornus; forewings dark brown with silvery-white markings and black scales in the cilia of the forewing cleft.
Male genitalia:  
Female genitalia:  
  • Variation
  • Dissection
  • Male genitalia
  • Female genitalia
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§1 New Forest, Hampshire; 05/08/2024
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