35.067 Monochroa conspersella (Loosestrife Miner)
ws: 11-12mm; Jul-Aug; yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris); pRDB - fens, damp areas in east England from Kent to Lincs
Monochroa conspersella §1 male
ID to genus: Abdominal S8 forming a complete ring around the genitalia; gnathos absent; uncus absent; sacculus arcuate; aedeagus stout, tapering
ID to species: Forewing and head dark fuscous without streaks or stigmata.
Male genitalia: Distinguished within the genus by the fingernail-like sclerotisation of the valval apex and the long flimsy sacculus curving around the base of the valva.
ID to species: Forewing and head dark fuscous without streaks or stigmata.
Male genitalia: Distinguished within the genus by the fingernail-like sclerotisation of the valval apex and the long flimsy sacculus curving around the base of the valva.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; male; fw 5.6mm; to light
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; male; fw 5.4mm; to light
§3 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/07/2022; male; fw 5.7mm
§4 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/07/2022; male; fw 5.5mm
§5 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/07/2022; male; fw 5.3mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; male; fw 5.4mm; to light
§3 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/07/2022; male; fw 5.7mm
§4 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/07/2022; male; fw 5.5mm
§5 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/07/2022; male; fw 5.3mm
All images © Chris Lewis
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