73.150 Protarchanara brevilinea (Fenn's Wainscot)
fw: 14-17mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 30-38mm (MBGBI10); Jul-Aug; common reed (Phragmites australis); RDB in reedbeds in the Norfolk Broads and on the Suffolk coast.
Synonyms: Chortodes brevilinea (Waring & Townsend), Photodes brevilinea (MBGBI10), Hydraecia brevilinea (Pierce [males]), Meliana brevilinea (Pierce [females])
Synonyms: Chortodes brevilinea (Waring & Townsend), Photodes brevilinea (MBGBI10), Hydraecia brevilinea (Pierce [males]), Meliana brevilinea (Pierce [females])
ID: Forewing pale sandy brown to reddish ochreous, with blackish dusting and streaks. Form brevilnea (= "short line") has a black basal streak, missing in form senelinea (= "obsolete line"). Fairly straight, transverse, antemedian and more disrinct curved postmedian lines of neural dots. Forewing longer in female than male. Antenna: according to MBGBI10, fasciculate in male, finely ciliate in female - but as far as I can see it is also bisetose in both sexes.
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Female genitalia
§1 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/08/2009; female; fw 16.0mm
§2 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; female; fw 15.6mm; to light
§3 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; female; to light
§4 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; male; fw 14.2mm; to light
§5 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; female; to light
§6 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; male; fw 14.9mm; to light
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§2 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; female; fw 15.6mm; to light
§3 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; female; to light
§4 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; male; fw 14.2mm; to light
§5 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; female; to light
§6 Westwood Marsh, Suffolk; 11/08/2015; male; fw 14.9mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
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