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GELECHIIDAE | Gelechiinae | Litini
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35.153 Pseudotelphusa paripunctella (Domino Groundling)
ws:11-12mm; May-Jun; deciduous oak (Quercus spp), bog-myrtle (Myrica gale); woodland, moor and heath throughout GB
Pseudotelphusa paripunctella §2 male
ID: Forewing grey, brown or yellowish-brown with 3 pairs of black spots with somewhat raised scales at 1/5, 2/5 and 3/5 and a costal dark clouding in line with these spot pairs; often with black dots around apex and along termen.
Male genitalia: Abdominal S8 divided into separate dorsal and ventral plates; valvae symmetrical; gnathos absent; uncus elongate, broadest at apex (digitate lobes on vinculum).
Male genitalia: Abdominal S8 divided into separate dorsal and ventral plates; valvae symmetrical; gnathos absent; uncus elongate, broadest at apex (digitate lobes on vinculum).
§1 North Ballachulish, Argyll; 04/06/2015; male; fw ~6mm
§2 Loch Rannoch, Perthshire; 16/06/2021; male; fw 6.6mm
§3 Loch Naver, Sutherland; 19/06/2021; male; fw 6.3mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Loch Rannoch, Perthshire; 16/06/2021; male; fw 6.6mm
§3 Loch Naver, Sutherland; 19/06/2021; male; fw 6.3mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 30/06/2015 (§1) | §2&3 added 14/09/2021
