35.065 Monochroa cytisella (Bracken Gall Moth)
ws: 10-12mm; Jul; bracken (Pteridium aquilinum); fairly common in woods and heaths on acid soil in England and Wales
Monochroa cytisella §1 male
ID: Head creamy-whitish; thorax ochreous; forewing ochreous-fuscous, palest at the base of the dorsum and darkest at the costa; an oblique whitish streak from the costa at 3/4 towards but not reaching the tornus; a shorter streak from the dorsum at 3/4; a series of white subterminal dots. A gelechiid that can be reliably identified on external features.
§1 Arne, Dorset; 04/07/2016; male; fw 5.5mm
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 14/07/2019; female; fw 5.2mm
§3 Loch Fyne, Argyll; 30/07/2022; male; fw 5.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 14/07/2019; female; fw 5.2mm
§3 Loch Fyne, Argyll; 30/07/2022; male; fw 5.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 17/08/2016 (§1) | §2 added 27/02/2020 | §3 added 22/12/2022
