35.080 Oxypteryx unicolorella (Bronze Neb)
ws: 10-13mm; May-Jul; perforate St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum); NS-B local in S.England and Wales
ID: Male genitalia with small armature and relatively large aedeagus; valvae small, tegumen cylindrical, uncus weak, digitate > Oxypteryx
Once identified to genus, readily separable from other Oxypteryx on external features - unmarked bronzy-fuscous.
Once identified to genus, readily separable from other Oxypteryx on external features - unmarked bronzy-fuscous.
§1 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 17/16/2020; male; fw 5.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
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