63.108 Pediasia fascelinella (Dune Grass-moth)
ws: 24-30mm (Goater), fw: 12-15mm (Sterling & Parsons); Jul (Goater), Jun-Jul(Aug) (NorfolkMoths), Jun-mid-Sep (Sterling & Parsons); various grasses; pRDB - coastal sand-dunes in SE England from Lincolnshire to Essex and S.Devon
Pediasia fascelinella §1 male
ID: Forewing ground colour pale ochreous, this colour most clearly seen as a broad costal streak, but increasingly suffused fuscous towards the dorsum; veins pale, those surrounding the disc noticeably white; black streaks - between the veins in the dorsal half of the base and in the costal half of the disc; black blotches between the veins forming an indistinct median fascia and a more obvious postmedian fascia; more diffuse black irroration in the subterminal region; terminal fringe chequered brown and white.
DIssection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 Winterton, Norfolk; 11/06/2015; male; fw 12.9mm; to light
§2 Winterton, Norfolk; 06/08/2015; female; fw 12.8mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Winterton, Norfolk; 06/08/2015; female; fw 12.8mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 18/08/2015 (§1) | §2 added 16/01/2016
