72.083 Euclidia glyphica (Burnet Companion)
fw: 13-15mm; May-Jul, diurnal; white/red clover (Trifolium repens/pratense), common bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), black medick / lucerne (Medicago lupulina/sativa), tufted vetch (Vicia cracca); mainly on calcareous grassland, common in S.England, local in N.England, Wales and S.Scotland.
Euclidia glyphica (Burnet Companion) §3 male
ID: Forewing grey-brown, with subbasal and median dark brown fasciae and a dark brown subterminal costal wedge; hindwing, often partly exposed at rest, is brown at base, orange towards termen, with a subterminal brown cross-band and brown-lined veins.
§1 Stroud, Gloucestershire; 24/05/2008
§2 Warton Crag, Lancashire; 18/06/2014; female; fw 13.3mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 07/06/2015; male; fw 12.7mm; netted by day
§4 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 04/06/2019; male; fw 13.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Warton Crag, Lancashire; 18/06/2014; female; fw 13.3mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 07/06/2015; male; fw 12.7mm; netted by day
§4 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 04/06/2019; male; fw 13.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 21/03/2015 (§1-2) | §3 added 30/03/2016 | §4 added 01/01/2020
