35.061 Ptocheuusa paupella (Pale Seedhead Moth)
ws: 10-12mm; bivoltine Jun, Aug-Sep; common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica), golden samphire (Inula crithmoides); common in damp grasslands, ditches, woodland rides and saltmarsh in S.England, mostly S of the Wash-Severn line.
Ptocheuusa paupella §1 male
Generic features: Labial palp S3 shorter than S2, S2 only slightly thickened with appressed scales; Forewing elongate, V7&8 stalked with V6;
Hindwing narrower than forewing, trapezoidal, apex strongly produced
Male genitalia: uncus bilobed, gnathos absent, sacculus spined, saccus broad, aedeagus bulbed; Female genitalia: without signum.
Hindwing narrower than forewing, trapezoidal, apex strongly produced
Male genitalia: uncus bilobed, gnathos absent, sacculus spined, saccus broad, aedeagus bulbed; Female genitalia: without signum.
§1 Foulness, Essex, 14/07/2013; male; fw 5.1mm
§2 Foulness, Essex, 26/08/2017; male; fw 4.9mm
§3 Foulness, Essex, 03/08/2018; male; fw 5.4mm
§4 Foulness, Essex, 06/08/2022; male
§5 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 16/08/2023; female; fw 5.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex, 26/08/2017; male; fw 4.9mm
§3 Foulness, Essex, 03/08/2018; male; fw 5.4mm
§4 Foulness, Essex, 06/08/2022; male
§5 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 16/08/2023; female; fw 5.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published Nov 2011 | §1 replaced and all current §1 images added 18/07/2013 | §2 added 22/11/2017 | §3 added 30/09/2018 |
§4 added 23/12/2022 | §5 added 23/12/2023
§4 added 23/12/2022 | §5 added 23/12/2023
