49.159 Hedya atropunctana (Black-spot Marble)
ws: 14-16mm; bivoltine overlapping May - Aug; Bog-myrtle (Myrica gale), sallows (Salix spp) and birch (Betula spp); mostly mosses and damp heaths in N.England and Scotland, less common in S.England
Synonyms: Olethreutes atropunctana (Pierce & Metcalfe), Metendothenia atropunctana
Synonyms: Olethreutes atropunctana (Pierce & Metcalfe), Metendothenia atropunctana
Hedya atropunctana §1 male
ID: Similar to Hedya pruniana/nubiferana/ochrocleucana but averages smaller than these species and is characterised by the large black spot distal to the median fascia.
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 Mull; 01/07/2011; male; fw 7.8mm
§2 Mull; 02/07/2011; female
§3 Winterton, Norfolk; 15/05/2015; male; fw 6.9mm
§4 Winterton, Norfolk; 15/05/2015
§5 Winterton, Norfolk; 06/08/2015; male; fw 7.1mm; to light
§6 Ben Lawers, Perthshire; 24/06/2018; male; fw 6.7mm; netted at dusk
§7 Mull; 21/06/2018; female; fw 6.6mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Mull; 02/07/2011; female
§3 Winterton, Norfolk; 15/05/2015; male; fw 6.9mm
§4 Winterton, Norfolk; 15/05/2015
§5 Winterton, Norfolk; 06/08/2015; male; fw 7.1mm; to light
§6 Ben Lawers, Perthshire; 24/06/2018; male; fw 6.7mm; netted at dusk
§7 Mull; 21/06/2018; female; fw 6.6mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 01/01/2013 | Species changed from Metendothenia 24/03/2014 | §3&4 added 01/12/2015 | §5 added 14/01/2016 |
§6 added 04/07/2018 | §7 added 21/04/2019
§6 added 04/07/2018 | §7 added 21/04/2019
