63.102 Catoptria falsella (Chequered Grass-moth)
ws: 18-24mm; Jul-Aug; mosses; local around habitations with mossy walls and thatch throughout GB except N Scotland
Catoptria falsella §4 female
ID: Potentially confusable with he rare migrant C.verrelus, which is smaller (ws 17-18mm) and darker, lacking the prominent white median streak of C.falsella.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 05/08/2007; fw 9.4mm
§2 Foulness, Essex; 15/06/2008
§3 New Forest, Hampshire; 27/06/2009
§4 Foulness. Essex; 09/08/2009; female
§5 Foulness, Essex; 03/08/2018; male; fw 12.1mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 08/09/2018; male; fw 9.4mm
§7 Foulness, Essex; 12/09/2020; male; fw 8.5mm
§8 Foulness, Essex; 14/p08/2021; female; fw 8.6mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 15/06/2008
§3 New Forest, Hampshire; 27/06/2009
§4 Foulness. Essex; 09/08/2009; female
§5 Foulness, Essex; 03/08/2018; male; fw 12.1mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 08/09/2018; male; fw 9.4mm
§7 Foulness, Essex; 12/09/2020; male; fw 8.5mm
§8 Foulness, Essex; 14/p08/2021; female; fw 8.6mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 07/02/2012 (§1-4) | §5 added 18/02/2019 | §6 added 19/02/2019 | §7 added 24/12/2020 | §8 added 14/12/201
