73.181 Xanthia (Xanthia) togata (Pink-barred Sallow)
fw: 13-16mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 29-37mm (MBGBI10); Sep-Oct in south, Aug-Sep in north; sallows (Salix spp), poplars (Populus spp); common throughout GB
Xanthia togata (Pink-barred Sallow) §2 male
ID: Deep purplish-pink head and patagia (collar) sharply demarcated from yellow-orange thorax and tegulae. Forewing ground colour yellow-orange with purplish-pink markings: a costal blotch between a weak subbasal and a dotted antemedian line; a median costal blotch between the weakly marked stigmata; a complete median fascia from an obscured median line extending distal to and obscuring the postmedian line; a dotted subterminal line; a chequered pale and dark purplish-pink fringe.
Best distinguished from similarly marked specimens of Cirrhia iteritia (Sallow) by the deep purplish-pink patagia, yellow in X.iteritia.
Best distinguished from similarly marked specimens of Cirrhia iteritia (Sallow) by the deep purplish-pink patagia, yellow in X.iteritia.
§1 Loch Rannoch, Perthshire; 27/08/2008; male; fw 17.1mm
§2 Wyboston Lakes, Bedfordshire; 18/09/2009; male; fw 16.2mm
§3 Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria; 06/09/2010; male
§4 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 28/09/2012; male
§5 St Marys, isles of Scilly; 04/10/2013; female; fw 15.1mm
§6 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 18/09/2019; male; fw 13.8mm; to light
§7 St Marys, isles of Scilly; 08/10/2020; female; fw 14.4mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Wyboston Lakes, Bedfordshire; 18/09/2009; male; fw 16.2mm
§3 Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria; 06/09/2010; male
§4 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 28/09/2012; male
§5 St Marys, isles of Scilly; 04/10/2013; female; fw 15.1mm
§6 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 18/09/2019; male; fw 13.8mm; to light
§7 St Marys, isles of Scilly; 08/10/2020; female; fw 14.4mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 30/05/2016 (§1-5) | §6 added 15/12/2019 | §7 added 09/12/2020
