73.039 Acronicta (Acronicta) aceris (Sycamore)
fw: 18-22mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 41-49mm (MBGBI10); Jun-Aug; sycamore / field maple (Acer psedoplatanus/campestris), horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum); common in SE & CS.England and East Anglia, local elsewhere in England and Wales.
Acronicta aceris (Sycamore) §6
ID: Forewing grey, often suffused brownish, with sinuate postmedian cross-line of pale arched blocks. A.euphorbiae (Sweet Gale Moth) has a similar pale line but is smaller (fw: 14-16mm) with a less elongate forewing and shows an additional curved antemedian cross-line. A.aceris typically shows a narrow black basal streak, branched at its distal end; this mark is lacking in the dark form infuscata and in A.euphorbiae.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 01/07/2007
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 11/07/2007; fw 22.3mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 28/06/2008
§4 Strumpshaw fen, Norfolk; 23/07/2008; fw 20.8mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 05/07/2009; male; fw 20.3mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; fw 23.1mm
§7 Strumpsahw Fen, Essex; 06/07/2018; male; fw 19.4mm
§8 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 27/06/2023
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 11/07/2007; fw 22.3mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 28/06/2008
§4 Strumpshaw fen, Norfolk; 23/07/2008; fw 20.8mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 05/07/2009; male; fw 20.3mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; fw 23.1mm
§7 Strumpsahw Fen, Essex; 06/07/2018; male; fw 19.4mm
§8 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 27/06/2023
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 03/04/2015 (§1-6) | §7 added 03/05/2019 | §8 added 18/12/2023
