123 Scrobipalpa costella

GELECHIIDAE | Gelechiinae | Gnorimoschemini

35.123 Scrobipalpa costella (Bittersweet Moth)

ws: 12-14mm; Mar-Nov; bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara); common throughout GB

Scrobipalpa costella §1

ID: This species can usually be identified by the large dark forewing costal blotch
Male genitalia: coremata present; posterior margin of uncus rounded; saccus distinctly exceeding pedunculus and valvae exceeding uncus
Female genitalia: CB clearly defined; signum in transition zone between DB and CB; CB spherical; posterior apohphyses at least as long as DB; ventral zone free from honeycomb pattern; signum on right, basal 2/3 of concave side with strong teeth.

Variation
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia

§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 09/06/2008; fw 6.6mm
§2 Foulness, Essex; 03/10/2010; male; fw 6.8mm
§3 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 26/09/2011; female; fw 6.4mm
§4 Hanningfield, Essex; 19/06/2014
§5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 30/09/2014
§6 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 22/10/2015; fw 6.0mm
§7 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 09/10/2018; male; fw 6.1mm; to light
§8 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 15/10/2018; female; fw 6.8mm; to light
§9 Pound Wood, Essex; 02/06/2021
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