73.148 Photodes morrisii morrisii (Morris's Wainscot)
fw: 12-14mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 27-33mm (MBGBI10); Jun-Jul; tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea); RDB on grassy south-facing slopes and coastal undercliff on south coast from Thorncombe Beacon, Dorset to Sidmouth, Devon
ssp bondii (Bond's Wainscot) formerly occurred in Folkestone, Kent but has not been seen since the 1970s and is considered extinct.
Synonyms: Chortodes morrisii (Waring & Townsend), Tapinostola bondii (Pierce)
ssp bondii (Bond's Wainscot) formerly occurred in Folkestone, Kent but has not been seen since the 1970s and is considered extinct.
Synonyms: Chortodes morrisii (Waring & Townsend), Tapinostola bondii (Pierce)
Photodes morrisii (Morris's Wainscot) §1 male
ID: Forewing whitish often with a postmedian line of neural black dots and a scattering of fuscous scales some of which hint at a median streak and fuscous irroration distal to postmedian line; hindwing whitish fuscous, much darker than forewing. Antenna: male - densely shortly ciliate, female- simple. Similar to P.minima (Small Dotted Buff) and P.extrema (Concolorous) but whiter than these species and larger than P.extrema.
Dissection
Male genitalia
§1 Charmouth, Dorset; 24/06/2015; male; fw 13.4mm
§2 Charmouth, Dorset; 24/06/2015; male; fw 13.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Charmouth, Dorset; 24/06/2015; male; fw 13.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 12/03/2016 (§1&2)
