62.033 Acrobasis tumidana (Tufted Oak Knot-horn)
ws: 19-24mm (Goater); Jul-Aug; oak (Quercus spp); scarce resident and/or rare migrant to S & SE England
Acrobasis tumidana §2 female
ID: Wing-base ranges from reddish to yellowish; prominent straight, transverse, white antemedian line; distal to which is a raised ridge of black and red scales, which does not reach the costa and does not quite reach the dorsum; postmedian line usually indistinct; variable suffusion of fuscous in distal half of wing which more or less obscures the discal dots. Similar to A.repandana, which does not have the raised ridge of scales.
See Acrobasis for more detail.
See Acrobasis for more detail.
§1 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 26/07/2018; female; fw 10.0mm; to light
§2 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 26/07/2018; female; fw 9.8mm; to light
§3 Foulness, Essex; 08/08/2020; female; fw 10.2mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 08/08/2020; female; fw 10.2mm
§5 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 12/08/2020; male; fw 10.7mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 14/08/2021; male
§7 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 19/08/2021; male
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 26/07/2018; female; fw 9.8mm; to light
§3 Foulness, Essex; 08/08/2020; female; fw 10.2mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 08/08/2020; female; fw 10.2mm
§5 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 12/08/2020; male; fw 10.7mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 14/08/2021; male
§7 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 19/08/2021; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 20/08/2018 (§1-2) | §3&4 added 05/02/2021 | §5 added 06/02/2021 | §6&7 added 14/12/2021
