73.157 Apamea anceps (Large Nutmeg)
fw: 16-21mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 38-44mm (MBGBI10); Jun-Jul; grasses (Poaceae); mainly on farmland in SE & SC.England, more local elsewhere in England and Wales.
Apamea anceps (Large Nutmeg) §1 male
ID: Forewing ground colour pale straw to sandy brown with sandy marbling especially towards the termen; stigmata slightly paler than ground colour. Antenna: male - fasciculate, female - shortly setose. A.remissa (Dusky Brocade) lacks the sandy marbling. A.sordens (Rustic Shoulder-knot) has a black slightly branched basal streak (a basal streak may be present in A.anceps but if so it is brown, indistinct and not branched). A.oblonga (Crescent Striped) has a more uniformly coloured forewing.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 07/05/2011; male; fw 19.2mm
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 02/06/2011; male; fw 17.9mm
§3 Hanningfield, Essex; 18/06/2013; female; fw 17.0mm
§4 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 06/06/2016; male; fw 19.0mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 18/05/2024; female; fw 20.0mm
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§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 02/06/2011; male; fw 17.9mm
§3 Hanningfield, Essex; 18/06/2013; female; fw 17.0mm
§4 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 06/06/2016; male; fw 19.0mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 18/05/2024; female; fw 20.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 17/03/2016 (§1-3) | §4 added 06/06/2017 | §5 added 24/05/2024
