GELECHIIDAE | Gelechiinae | Gnorimoschemini
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35.112 Scrobipalpa suaedella (Southern Blite Moth)
ws: 13-15mm; Jun-Jul; shrubby sea-blite (Suaeda vera), annual sea-blite (S.maritima); NS-A - saltmarsh in SE England from Dorset to Norfolk
ID: suggested by pale dorsum but may require genital examination
Male genitalia: coremata present; posterior margin of uncus notched
Female genitalia: CB clearly defined; signum in transition zone between DB and CB; CB spherical; posterior apophyses at least as long as DB; ventral zone without honeycomb pattern or microtrichia; inner edge of bases of anterior apophyses distinctly humped
Male genitalia: coremata present; posterior margin of uncus notched
Female genitalia: CB clearly defined; signum in transition zone between DB and CB; CB spherical; posterior apophyses at least as long as DB; ventral zone without honeycomb pattern or microtrichia; inner edge of bases of anterior apophyses distinctly humped
§1 Foulness, Essex; 14/08/2011; female; fw 6.1mm
§2 Foulness, Essex; 14/08/2011; male; fw 6.0mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 08/07/2023; male; fw 7.1mm
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§2 Foulness, Essex; 14/08/2011; male; fw 6.0mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 08/07/2023; male; fw 7.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published November 2011 (§1&2) | §3 added 04/10/2023