32.032 Agonopterix angelicella (Angelica Brown)
ws 15-19mm; Jul-Sep; wild angelica (Angelica sylvestris); fairly common in fens, marshes and damp woodland throughout GB except N.Scotland
Agonopterix angelicella §2 female
ID from key in MBGBI4.1: Forewing not dark purplish or crimson-brown, without white dot in disc; foreleg with tibia and tarsus buff brown (not uniformly dark fuscous or black on upper aspect); S3 of labial palps entirely buff; forewing without dark lines on veins; forewing with dark fuscous blotch at 3/5 usually extending towards tornus > A.angelicella
Similar to A.assimilella which is separated in the key as having some fuscous markings on S3 of labial palps. However, the fuscous marks in S3 of A.assimilella may not amount to much and in A.angelicella S3 may show one or two fuscous scales so this distinction isn't always absolute. A.angelicella also differs in having the forewing tinged orange and the costa suffused pink.
Similar to A.assimilella which is separated in the key as having some fuscous markings on S3 of labial palps. However, the fuscous marks in S3 of A.assimilella may not amount to much and in A.angelicella S3 may show one or two fuscous scales so this distinction isn't always absolute. A.angelicella also differs in having the forewing tinged orange and the costa suffused pink.
§1 Ham Fen, Kent; 16/07/2010; male
§2 Ham Fen, Kent; 10/08/2010; female; fw 8.7mm
§3 Ham Fen, Kent; 10/08/2010; male; fw 8.3mm
§4 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 26/07/2018; male; fw 8.3mm
§5 Covert Woods, Kent; 06/07/2022; male
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Ham Fen, Kent; 10/08/2010; female; fw 8.7mm
§3 Ham Fen, Kent; 10/08/2010; male; fw 8.3mm
§4 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 26/07/2018; male; fw 8.3mm
§5 Covert Woods, Kent; 06/07/2022; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 09/01/2012 (§1-3) | §4 added 26/05/2019 | §5 added 11/12/2022
