73.142 Coenobia rufa (Small Rufous)
fw: 10-12mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 22-25mm (MBGBI10); Jul-Aug; jointed/sharp-flowered rush (Juncus articulatus/acutiflorus), soft-rush (Juncus effusus); local in fens, marshes and bogs in England, Wales and S.Scotland.
Coenobia rufa (Small Rufous) §6 female
ID: Forewing ground colour ranges from pale straw through pinkish-brown to smoky brown; diffuse blackish central streak from base which fans towards the termen; variable dusting with grey; usually with a curved post-median line of small blackish dots; hindwing whitish or grey with a median cross-line or row of dots; narrow thorax. Antenna: male - ciliate, female - simple. Denticucullus pygmina (Small Wainscot) is similar in size and range of colour and markings but has a broad thorax and a more rounded forewing apex. Photodes minima (Small Dotted Buff) has the hindwing darker than the forewing.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 14/07/2008; fw 10.0mm
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 22/07/2008; fw 10.0mm
§3 Arnside, Cumbria; 25/07/2013; female; fw 10.4mm
§4 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; male; fw 9.8mm
§5 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; male; fw 9.9mm
§6 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 26/07/2018; female; fw 10.2mm
§7 Leworthy, Devon; 26/07/2021; male; fw 12.6mm
§8 Leworthy, Devon; 25/07/2021; male; fw 10.5mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 22/07/2008; fw 10.0mm
§3 Arnside, Cumbria; 25/07/2013; female; fw 10.4mm
§4 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; male; fw 9.8mm
§5 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; male; fw 9.9mm
§6 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 26/07/2018; female; fw 10.2mm
§7 Leworthy, Devon; 26/07/2021; male; fw 12.6mm
§8 Leworthy, Devon; 25/07/2021; male; fw 10.5mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 09/03/2016 (§1-5) | §6 added 30/05/2019 | §7&8 added 22/08/2021
