72.035 Miltochrista miniata (Rosy Footman)
fw: 12-15mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 25-33mm (MBGBI9), female smaller than male; (May-) Jun-Aug (-Oct); dog lichen (Peltigera spp) and other tree lichens; fairly common in broadleaved woodland in S.England and W.Wales, more local further north to the Midlands.
Miltochrista miniata (Rosy Footman) §2 male
ID: Unmistakeable. Forewing usually pinkish red with a very wavy postmedian cross-line and a row of short subterminal dashes. Antenna setose-ciliate (in both sexes?). Form flava has a yellow forewing ground colour.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 14/07/2008; fw 13.9mm
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 27/07/2012; male; fw 13.0mm
§3 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 29/06/2017; male; fw 11.9mm
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 11/07/2019; male; fw 11.6mm; form flava
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§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 27/07/2012; male; fw 13.0mm
§3 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 29/06/2017; male; fw 11.9mm
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 11/07/2019; male; fw 11.6mm; form flava
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 13/03/2015 (§1-2) | §3 added 10/04/2018 | §4 added 26/02/2020
