73.061 Stilbia anomola (Anomolous)
fw: 13-17mm; Aug-Sep; wavy/tufted hair-grass (Deschampsia flexuosa/cespitosa); local in moorland, heathland and some coastal grasslands throughout much of GB but not SE.England.
Stilbia anomola (Anomolous) §1 male
ID: Forewing narrow. Sexually dimorphic. Male forewing grey, paler towards dorsum with well-marked, concentric white and black ringed, kidney and oval marks and a blackish are between them. Female dark brown-grey with relatively indistinct stigmata. Both sexes show a black spot at the posterior margin of the thorax.
§1 Patterdale, Cumbria; 18/08/2008; male; fw 17.3mm
§2 Fersit, Argyll; 02/08/2013; male; fw 16.2mm
§3 Fersit, Argyll; 02/08/2013; male
§4 Corfe, Dorset; 10/09/2020; female; fw 14.4mm
§5 Inveruglas, Inverness-shire; 30/07/2023; male; fw 16.5mm
§6 Inveruglas, Inverness-shire; 30/07/2023; male; fw 17.0mm
§7 Inveruglas, Inverness-shire; 30/07/2023; male; fw 17.4mm
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§2 Fersit, Argyll; 02/08/2013; male; fw 16.2mm
§3 Fersit, Argyll; 02/08/2013; male
§4 Corfe, Dorset; 10/09/2020; female; fw 14.4mm
§5 Inveruglas, Inverness-shire; 30/07/2023; male; fw 16.5mm
§6 Inveruglas, Inverness-shire; 30/07/2023; male; fw 17.0mm
§7 Inveruglas, Inverness-shire; 30/07/2023; male; fw 17.4mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 08/04/2015 (§1-3) | §4 added 26/12/2020 | §5-7 added 19/12/2023
