GELECHIIDAE | Gelechiinae | Gelechiini
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35.107 Psoricoptera gibbosella (Tufted Oak Roller)
ws: 15-17mm; Jun-Oct; deciduous oak (Quercus spp); local in mature oak woodland in S.England & Wales
Generic features: Head with appressed scales; ocelli present; Antenna 3/4 length of forewing, scape without pecten; Labial palps with projecting scales on S2 and S3; Forewing elongate-ovate with scale tufts; V3&4 approximate/connate; Hindwing broader than forewing, subtrapezoidal, apex slightly produced, termen sinuate, without a distinct tornus; V4&7 approximate/connate
ID: The 4-lobed uncus of the male genitalia is unique
ID: The 4-lobed uncus of the male genitalia is unique
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 25/07/2014; male; fw 7.7mm
§2 Pound Wood, Essex; 17/08/2019; male; fw 6.9mm
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 23/07/2019
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 08/08/2020; female; fw 6.4mm
§5&6 ??; 2020; male
§7 Pound Wood, Essex; 25/08/2021
§8 Pound Wood, Essex; 09/08/2023
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Pound Wood, Essex; 17/08/2019; male; fw 6.9mm
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 23/07/2019
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 08/08/2020; female; fw 6.4mm
§5&6 ??; 2020; male
§7 Pound Wood, Essex; 25/08/2021
§8 Pound Wood, Essex; 09/08/2023
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 31/07/2014 (§1) | §2 added 17/12/2019 | §3 added 02/03/2020 | §4 added 04/02/2021 | §5&6 added 08/04/2021 |
§7 added 15/12/2021
§7 added 15/12/2021