63.111 Platytes cerussella (Little Grass-moth)
ws: m12-15mm f10-13mm; Jun-Jul; various grasses; local on sand and shingle coasts of S.England and inland in Breckland
Platytes cerussella §1 male
ID: The smallest British member of the Crambinae with no overlap with any other species. Sexually dimorphic, the female averaging smaller, with narrower forewing and a whiter general colouration.
§1 Snettisham, Norfolk; 05/07/2013; male; fw 7.0mm
§2 Snettisham, Norfolk; 05/07/2013; female; fw 5.4mm
§3 Snettisham, Norfolk; 05/07/2013; female; fw 6.0mm
§4 Snettisham, Norfolk; 05/07/2013; male; fw 6.3mm
§5 Snettisham, Norfolk; 05/07/2013; female; fw 6.0mm
§6 Dungeness, Kent; 10/06/2019; male
§7 Dungeness, Kent; 10/06/2019; female; fw 6.3mm
§8 Thetford, Norfolk; 09/06/2019; male; fw 6.6mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Snettisham, Norfolk; 05/07/2013; female; fw 5.4mm
§3 Snettisham, Norfolk; 05/07/2013; female; fw 6.0mm
§4 Snettisham, Norfolk; 05/07/2013; male; fw 6.3mm
§5 Snettisham, Norfolk; 05/07/2013; female; fw 6.0mm
§6 Dungeness, Kent; 10/06/2019; male
§7 Dungeness, Kent; 10/06/2019; female; fw 6.3mm
§8 Thetford, Norfolk; 09/06/2019; male; fw 6.6mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
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