​GELECHIIDAE | Gelechiinae | Litini​

35.155 Altenia scriptella (Marbled Maple Moth)

​ws: 12-13mm (MBGBI4.2), fw: 6-7mm (Sterling & Parsons); Jun-Jul; field maple (Acer campestre); NS-A - local in hedgerows in England
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Altenia scriptella §1
ID: Ground colour whitish, irrorate black to a variable extent; a black blotch, variably mixed brown, from ⅕ to ⅗; 1st discal and plical spots raised as scale-tufts.
Male genitalia:  
Female genitalia:  
  • Variation
  • Dissection
  • Male genitalia
  • Female genitalia
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