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GELECHIIDAE | Gelechiinae | Gnorimoschemini
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35.131 Caryocolum marmorea (Mouse-ear Groundling)
ws: 9.5-12mm (MBGBI4.2); May-Aug; common/little mouse-ear (Cerastium fontanum/semidecandrum); NS-B on sandy coasts throughout Britain
Caryocolum marmorea §4 male
ID: Similar to several other Caryocolum species and not reliably identified to species without genital dissection.
Male genitalia: long, fine, narrow-based saccus; paired posterior processes of vinculum deeply divided into two lobes,the lateral of which is narrower than the cleft between the lobes.
Female genitalia: Linear sclerotisations on either side of introitus, extending <½ length of an anterior apophysis; signum a moderate curved thorn
Male genitalia: long, fine, narrow-based saccus; paired posterior processes of vinculum deeply divided into two lobes,the lateral of which is narrower than the cleft between the lobes.
Female genitalia: Linear sclerotisations on either side of introitus, extending <½ length of an anterior apophysis; signum a moderate curved thorn
§1 Dungeness, Kent; 26/07/2017; female; fw 5.1mm; to light
§2 Dungeness, Kent; 26/07/2017; female; fw 4.9mm; to light
§3 Dungeness, Kent; 26/07/2017; male; fw 5.4mm; to light
§4 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; male; fw 5.2mm; to light
§5 Dungeness, Kent; 26/07/2017; male; fw 5.1mm; to light
§6 Dungeness, Kent; 10/06/2019
§7 Dungeness, Kent; 10/06/2019
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Dungeness, Kent; 26/07/2017; female; fw 4.9mm; to light
§3 Dungeness, Kent; 26/07/2017; male; fw 5.4mm; to light
§4 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; male; fw 5.2mm; to light
§5 Dungeness, Kent; 26/07/2017; male; fw 5.1mm; to light
§6 Dungeness, Kent; 10/06/2019
§7 Dungeness, Kent; 10/06/2019
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 24/08/2017 (§1-5) | §6&7 added 14/02/2020
