111 Eupoecilia angustana (Marbled Conch)

49.111 Eupoecilia angustana (Marbled Conch)

ws: 10-15mm; May-Sep; form angustana - various plants including plantains (Plantago spp), yarrow (Achillea millefolium); common at woodland edges and in meadows in most of GB; form fasciella - heather (Calluna spp) on heathland; ssp thuleana - Shetland

Eupoecilia angustana f.fasciella §4 male

ID: Has a narrower and more diffuse median fascia than E.ambiguella. Cochylis molliculana is similar but has brown head and palps (white in E.angustana).
Form fasciella has a distinctly white forewing ground colour, creamy white in the nominate form.

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§1 Foulness, Essex; 29/06/2008; fw 6.2mm
§2 Foulness, Essex; 26/07/2009
§3 Mull; 27/06/2011; male; fw 6.3mm
§4 Mull; 27/06/2011; male
§5 Mull; 27/06/2011; male
§6 New Forest, Hampshire; 01/06/2012; male
§7 Foulness, Essex; 20/07/2013; female
§8 Dock Tarn, Cumbria; 30/06/2014
§9 Foulness, Essex; 29/07/2017; male; fw 6.1mm
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§10 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 24/07/2020; female; fw 5.6mm
§11 ??; 2020; male
§12 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 06/10/2021; fw 5.4mm
§13 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; 28/10/2021; female; fw 5.7mm