49.176 Cymolomia hartigiana (Plumbeous Spruce Tortrix)
ws: 14-16mm (MBGBI5.2); Jun-Aug; Silver Fir, Norway Spruce; rare migrant or accidental import; first British record Suffolk 2007
Cymolomia hartigiana §1 male (image © Elliott Cornelius)
ID: Labial palps ochreous. Forewing plumbeous grey with irregular brown antemedian and median fasciae, the latter broader; costa chequered with white strigulae and black triangles; a narrow black subbasal line; a black tornal spot which merges with an irregular black subterminal fascia.
(Note that MBGBI interprets the brown colour as the ground colour and the plumbeous markings as the fasciae).
(Note that MBGBI interprets the brown colour as the ground colour and the plumbeous markings as the fasciae).
§1 Falmouth, Cornwall; 11/06/2023; male; fw 7.4mm; to light; specimen obtained by Matthew Broadbent & Elliott Cornelius; SECOND FOR BRITAIN
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 29/06/2023 (§1)
