069 Eudonia angustea

CRAMBIDAE | Scopariinae

63.069 Eudonia angustea (Narrow-winged Grey)

ws: 17-22mm (Goater), fw: 8-10mm (Sterling & Parsons); all year with a peak July-Aug; moss (Tortula ruraliformis); mainly coastal throughout GB

Eudonia angustea §1

ID: small size and narrow forewings; forewing brown-tinted with acute apex and oblique termen.
Male genitalia: Very similar to other Eudonia species - more reliably identified on external features.
Female genitalia: Single anterior coil in ductus bursae; signum small and round
See Scopariinae ID for more information on identification of species from this subfamily.

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§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 22/09/2006
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 09/08/2007
§3 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 16/10/2007
§4 Foulness, Essex; 14/09/2008
§5 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 09/04/2012; male
§6 Skye; 08/08/2013; female
§7 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 08/10/2016
§8 Westcliff-on-sea, Esex; 02/05/2020; male; fw 8.3mm
§9 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 04/10/2021; female; fw 8.3mm
§10 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 04/10/2021; female; fw 7.9mm
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