73.179 Tiliacea citrago (Orange Sallow)
fw: 15-17mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 33-38mm (MBGBI10); Aug-Oct; limes (Tilia spp); common throughout GB
Synonym: Xanthia citrago (MBGBI10, Waring & Townsend)
Synonym: Xanthia citrago (MBGBI10, Waring & Townsend)
ID: Forewing orange-yellow with brown or red-brown crosslines and veins. Basal line fine and curved, antemedian line fine and slightly scalloped, angulate subcostally; median line strong, straight and oblique from dorsum to kidney mark, the proximal border of which it touches, then more transverse to costa; postmedian line fine, curved, subterminal line obscure; stigmata finely outlined red-brown.
§1 Sibton Park, Kent; 25/09/2010; female; fw 17.8mm
§2 Sibton Park, Kent; 26/09/2010; female; fw 17.2mm
§3 Christon Bank, Northumberland; 14/09/2014; female; fw 17.2mm
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 15/09/2020; female; fw 14.3mm
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§2 Sibton Park, Kent; 26/09/2010; female; fw 17.2mm
§3 Christon Bank, Northumberland; 14/09/2014; female; fw 17.2mm
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 15/09/2020; female; fw 14.3mm
All images © Chris Lewis
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