70.060 Epirrhoe tristata (Small Argent & Sable)
fw: 11-13mm; May-Jul, partially bivoltine in SW.England - Aug; common on high moorland and high limestone grassland in Scotland, Wales and N.England also on heaths and mosses in Devon
Epirrhoe tristata (Small Argent & Sable) §1 female
ID: Characterised and distinguished from similar species by: strongly chequered fringe; terminal cross-band as dark as central cross-band; white band distal to central band divided by a line of small dark dots. Epirrhoe alternata (Common Carpet) has a less strongly contrasted fringe; the terminal cross-band is paler than the central cross-band at least in its dorsal half; and the white band is divided by a narrow faint but more-or-less complete grey line.
§1 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 28/06/2010; female; fw 11.2mm
§2 Mull; 17/06/2018; male; fw 10.4mm
§3 Meall Garbh, Perthshire; 16/06/2021; female; fw 11.7mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Mull; 17/06/2018; male; fw 10.4mm
§3 Meall Garbh, Perthshire; 16/06/2021; female; fw 11.7mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 08/04/2013 (§1) | §2 added 22/04/2019 | §3 added 14/09/2021
