35.060 Apodia martinii (Dark Seedhead Moth)
ws: 9-12mm (MBGBI4.2), fw: 4.5-6.0mm (Sterling & Parsons); Jul-Aug; common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica), ploughman's spikenard (Inula conyzae), sea aster (Aster tripolium); common in damp meadow, downland and saltmarsh in England and Wales
Synonym: Apodia bifractella
Synonym: Apodia bifractella
Apodia martinii §5 female
Generic features: Labial palp S3 shorter than S2, S2 thickened with short scales; Forewing elongate, V7&8 stalked with V6; Hindwing narrower than forewing, trapezoidal, apex strongly produced; ♂ aedeagus without cornuti; ♀ without signum
ID: Head and palps orange; fw fuscous-brown with an orange zigzag subterminal fascia of variable completeness.
ID: Head and palps orange; fw fuscous-brown with an orange zigzag subterminal fascia of variable completeness.
§1 Orlestone Forest. Kent; 26/07/2018; male; fw 5.0mm; to light
§2 Orlestone Forest. Kent; 26/07/2018; male; fw 5.4mm; to light
§3 Orlestone Forest. Kent; 26/07/2018; male; fw 4.6mm; to light
§4 Orlestone Forest. Kent; 26/07/2018; male; to light
§5 Pound Wood, Essex; 05/08/2020; female; fw 5.0mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 08/08/2020; male; fw 4.9mm
§7 Foulness, Essex; 08/08/2020; female; fw 4.8mm
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§2 Orlestone Forest. Kent; 26/07/2018; male; fw 5.4mm; to light
§3 Orlestone Forest. Kent; 26/07/2018; male; fw 4.6mm; to light
§4 Orlestone Forest. Kent; 26/07/2018; male; to light
§5 Pound Wood, Essex; 05/08/2020; female; fw 5.0mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 08/08/2020; male; fw 4.9mm
§7 Foulness, Essex; 08/08/2020; female; fw 4.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 29/07/2018 (§4) | §1-3 added 17/08/2018 | §5 added 03/02/2021 | §6&7 added 05/02/2021
