EREBIDAE | Boletobiinae

72.074 Eublemma purpurina (Beautiful Marbled)

fw: 10-15mm (Waring & Townsend); bivoltine May-Jul, Aug-Sep; thistles, including creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense); Rare migrant; first record Portland, Dorset, 2001, 102 British records to 2018, subsequently recorded more frequently.
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Eublemma purpurina (Beautiful Marbled) §1 female
ID: An angular median line marks a division of the forewing into a proximal yellowish portion and a distal pinkish-purple portion. Similar to E.ostrina (Purple Marbled) which differs in being smaller (fw 8-9mm); having a subbasal streak; and less well-demarcated forewing colouration
Male genitalia:  
Female genitalia:  
  • Variation
  • Dissection
  • Male genitalia
  • Female genitalia
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§1 Foulness, Essex; 09/09/2023; female; fw 11.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 09/09/2023 (§1) | dissection images added 30/12/2023