73.176 Oligia fasciuncula (Middle-barred Minor)
fw: 10-12mm; Jun-Jul; grasses (Poaceae); common throughout GB.
Oligia fasciuncula (Middle-barred Minor) §4 male
ID: Antemedian and postmedian lines distinct and usually white in their dorsal portion; median fascia a darker shade of ground colour, darkest dorsally; stigmata obscure. Typically, forewing ground colour is orange-brown; in form pallida it is greyish-brown.
Male genitalia: harpe - long, slender (variable?) and almost straight; pollex - long and slender; harpe longer than pollex; the spines associated with the juxta seem much stronger than in other Oligia species
Male genitalia: harpe - long, slender (variable?) and almost straight; pollex - long and slender; harpe longer than pollex; the spines associated with the juxta seem much stronger than in other Oligia species
§1 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 03/07/2011; male; fw 11.4mm
§2 St Lawrence, Isle of Wight; 30/05/2014; male; fw 10.8mm
§3 Buttermere, Cumbria; 22/06/2014; male; fw 11.6mm
§4 Torver, Cumbria; 13/07/2015; male
§5 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 10/06/2017
§6 Mull; 22/06/2018; male; fw 9.6mm
§7 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 10/06/2023
§8 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 24/06/2023; female; fw 11.2mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 St Lawrence, Isle of Wight; 30/05/2014; male; fw 10.8mm
§3 Buttermere, Cumbria; 22/06/2014; male; fw 11.6mm
§4 Torver, Cumbria; 13/07/2015; male
§5 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 10/06/2017
§6 Mull; 22/06/2018; male; fw 9.6mm
§7 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 10/06/2023
§8 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 24/06/2023; female; fw 11.2mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 16/04/2016 (§1-4) | §5 added 07/04/2018 | §6 added 21/04/2019 | §7 added 21/09/2023 | §8 added 29/09/2023
