72.030 Euplagia quadripunctaria (Jersey Tiger)
ws: 52-65mm (MBGBI9), fw: 28-33mm (Waring & Townsend); Jul-Sep; various herbaceous plants; NS-B in S.Devon and Dorset, occasional migrant elsewhere.
Euplagia quadripunctaria (Jersey Tiger) §1
ID: Forwing black with creamy-white markings which are fairly constant - dorsal streak from base nearly to tornus, basal streak from base of costa nearly to dorsal streak at 1/5, short subbasal costal dash, oblique antemedian fascia from costa towards tornus, short median costal dash, postmedian fascia from costa to centre of subterminal fascia, subterminal fascia; at tornal end of subterminal fascia is a yellowish patch with 2 black spots; thorax black dorsally with creamy white lateral streaks; hindwing red with large blue-black discal, subapical and pretornal spots. In f.lutescens the hindwing ground colour is yellow.
§1 Dungeness, Kent; 27/07/2017
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 30/07/2018; male; fw 30.2mm; to light
§3 Foulness, Essex; 31/07/2020; male; fw 28.5mm; form lutescens
§4 2023; male
§5 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 15/07/2024; form lutescens
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§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 30/07/2018; male; fw 30.2mm; to light
§3 Foulness, Essex; 31/07/2020; male; fw 28.5mm; form lutescens
§4 2023; male
§5 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 15/07/2024; form lutescens
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 29/07/2017 (§1) | §2 added 11/08/2018 | §3 added 03/02/2021 | §4 added 23/01/2024 | §5 added 09/10/2024
