72.063 Lygephila pastinum (Blackneck)
fw: 18-21mm; Jun-Jul; tufted vetch (Vicia cracca); local in damp grassland, water meadows, fens, marshes and woodland rides in England & Wales.
Lygephila pastinum (Blackneck) §1
ID: Both L.pastinum and L.craccae (Scarce Blackneck) have a distinctive blackish-brown collar and a pale grey-brown forewing ground colour. In L.pastinum the oval is reduced to a black dot, the kidney mark has two small black dots distal to it and the costa lacks black spots; in L.craccae the oval is missing, the kidney mark lacks the additional black dots, the costa has four black spots in the basal 3/5 and the forewing veins are whitish.
Dissection
Male genitalia
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 15/07/2008
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; male; fw 18.5mm; to light
§3 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 29/06/2017; male; fw 19.0mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; male; fw 18.5mm; to light
§3 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 29/06/2017; male; fw 19.0mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 20/03/2015 (§1) | §2 added 15/12/2015 | §3 added 04/10/2017
