72.069 Laspeyria flexula (Beautiful Hook-tip)
fw: 13-15mm; Jun-Aug; lichens on twigs and branches of broadleaved and coniferous trees; local in southern half of England and S.Wales.
Laspeyria flexula (Beautiful Hook-tip) §2 male
ID: Forewing grey-brown becoming more rusty-brown at apex; termen with two deep emarginations giving a strongly falcate apex and a central projection; antemedian and postmedian pale cross-lines, angled near the costa; two central black dots between the cross-lines.
§1 New Forest, Hampshire; 29/06/2009; male; fw 14.0mm
§2 Foulness, Essex; 14/07/2013; male
§3 Foulness, Essex; 08/06/2014; male; fw 14.2mm
§4 Somerton, Somerset; 18/06/2015
§5 Foulness, Essex; 02/06/2018; male; fw 13.3mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 18/05/2024; female; fw 15.2mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 14/07/2013; male
§3 Foulness, Essex; 08/06/2014; male; fw 14.2mm
§4 Somerton, Somerset; 18/06/2015
§5 Foulness, Essex; 02/06/2018; male; fw 13.3mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 18/05/2024; female; fw 15.2mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 20/03/2015 (§1-3) | §4 added 25/02/2016 | §5 added 11/03/2019 | §6 added 24/05/2024
