73.126 Amphipoea fucosa (Saltern Ear)
fw: 14-16mm; Aug-Sep; grasses (Poaceae); local in saltmarsh and sand-dunes around the coasts of GB.
ID: See Amphipoea.
Male Genitalia: Clasper with 2 arms, one much longer than the other; 2 rows of overlapping cucullar spines
Male Genitalia: Clasper with 2 arms, one much longer than the other; 2 rows of overlapping cucullar spines
§1 Foulness, Essex; 31/07/2010; fw 15.3mm (ID on size & location)
§2 Bowness on Solway, Cumbria; 05/09/2010; female; fw 16.3mm (gen. det. but see Amphipoea)
§3 Foulness, Essex; 30/07/2011; fw 14.0mm (ID on location)
§4 Foulness, Essex; 30/07/2011; male (gen. det.)
§5 Foulness, Essex; 19/07/2014 (ID on location)
§6 Foulness, Essex; 19/07/2014; male; fw 14.1mm (gen. det.)
§7 Snettisham, Norfolk; 24/07/2014; male; fw 11.8mm (gen.det. but note small size)
§8 Foulness, Essex; 15/08/2015; male; fw 15.0 (gen.det)
§9 Skye; 06/08/2013; male; fw 14.1mm (gen.det)
§10 Skye; 08/08/2013; male; fw 15.5mm (gen.det. - but possibly hybrid)
§11 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 07/08/2020; male; fw 13.0mm
§12 ??; male
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§2 Bowness on Solway, Cumbria; 05/09/2010; female; fw 16.3mm (gen. det. but see Amphipoea)
§3 Foulness, Essex; 30/07/2011; fw 14.0mm (ID on location)
§4 Foulness, Essex; 30/07/2011; male (gen. det.)
§5 Foulness, Essex; 19/07/2014 (ID on location)
§6 Foulness, Essex; 19/07/2014; male; fw 14.1mm (gen. det.)
§7 Snettisham, Norfolk; 24/07/2014; male; fw 11.8mm (gen.det. but note small size)
§8 Foulness, Essex; 15/08/2015; male; fw 15.0 (gen.det)
§9 Skye; 06/08/2013; male; fw 14.1mm (gen.det)
§10 Skye; 08/08/2013; male; fw 15.5mm (gen.det. - but possibly hybrid)
§11 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 07/08/2020; male; fw 13.0mm
§12 ??; male
All images © Chris Lewis
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