73.084 Bryophila (Bryophila) domestica (Marbled Beauty)
fw: 12-14mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 23-31mm (MBGBI10); Jul-Aug; lichens; common in England, Wales and S.Scotland
Synonym: Cryphia doemstica (MBGBI10, Waring & Townsend)
Synonym: Cryphia doemstica (MBGBI10, Waring & Townsend)
ID: Variable and similar to the equally variable Nyctobrya muralis (Marbled Green). In B.domestica the antemedian line is distinct and complete while in N.muralis it is not so distinct and doesn’t reach the dorsum.
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 21/06/2007
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 12/07/2007; fw 11.0mm §3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 16/07/2007 §4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 16/07/2007; fw 11.8mm §5 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 18/07/2007; fw 11.9mm §6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 09/08/2007 §7 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 30/07/2008 §8 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 07/08/2008 §9 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 31/07/2009 All images © Chris Lewis |
§10 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 20/08/2009; fw 11.3mm
§11 Foulness, Essex; 24/07/2011; male; fw 11.3mm §12 Foulness, Essex; 24/07/2011; male; fw 11.3mm §13 Belfairs Woods, Essex; 19/07/2014; male §14 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 26/07/2019; male; fw 10.4mm §15 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 30/07/2020; female; fw 10.7mm |
Page published 26/04/2015 (§1-13) | §14 added 19/10/2019 | §15 added 02/02/2021