GELECHIIDAE | Gelechiinae | Gelechiini
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35.091 Sophronia semicostella (White-streaked Snout)
ws: 18-19mm; Jun-Jul; sweet vernal-grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum); local in grassland & open woodland in England & Wales
ID: Recongnisable on external features by the labial palps with S2 stongly tufted S3 long and fine; white costal streak; black and white banded terminal cilia.
Male genitalia: Abdominal S8 divided into separate dorsal and ventral plates; valvae symmetrical, gnathos simple; valvae flat or tubular with bristles; uncus broad, gnathos hook-like.
Male genitalia: Abdominal S8 divided into separate dorsal and ventral plates; valvae symmetrical, gnathos simple; valvae flat or tubular with bristles; uncus broad, gnathos hook-like.
§1 Arne, Dorset; 04/07/2016; male; to light
§2 Arne, Dorset; 04/07/2016; female; fw 8.3mm; to light
§3 Arne, Dorset; 05/07/2016; female; fw 8.1mm; to light
§4 Cranwich Heath, Norfolk; 05/07/2018; male; fw 7.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Arne, Dorset; 04/07/2016; female; fw 8.3mm; to light
§3 Arne, Dorset; 05/07/2016; female; fw 8.1mm; to light
§4 Cranwich Heath, Norfolk; 05/07/2018; male; fw 7.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
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