70.128 Melanthia procellata (Pretty Chalk Carpet) 1784
fw: 16-18mm; Jun-Aug; travellers joy (Clematis vitalba); common on calcareous soils in SE England, more local in the rest of S.England
Melanthia procellata (Pretty Chalk Carpet) §2 male; Ham Fen, Kent; 10/08/2010; fw 15.0mm © Chris Lewis
ID: Unlikely to be confused with any other species.
§3 St Lawrence, Isle of Wight; 31/05/2014; male; fw 15.6mm
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 29/04/2013 (§1-2) | §3 added 20/01/2015
