73.186 Agrochola lychnidis (Beaded Chestnut)
fw: 15-18mm; Sep-Nov; various herbaceous plants; common in England and Wales.
ID: Ground colour ranges from pale brown to blackish, usually with some chestnut or reddish tones. Oval and kidneys marks narrow and elongate, the oval usually blackish, the kidney usually darker than the ground colour but paler than the oval, both may be pale-outlined; costa usually marked with ~3 darks spots and a diffuse subterminal wedge; hindwing dark grey-fuscous. There is considerable variation in the presence and strength of cross-lines and in the extent to which the veins are paler than the ground colour. Anchoscelis litura (Brown-spot Pinion) has larger broader oval and kidney marks; a black basal cross-line (absent or incomplete in A.lychnidis) and a strong black subterminal costal dash (the other costal spots are also stronger and blacker than in A.lychnidis). Omphaloscelis lunosa (Lunar Underwing) has a dark crescent mark on a whitish hindwing, a slightly more rounded forewing apex and broader oval and kidney marks. See lychnidis vs litura for a direct comparison.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 06/10/2007; female
§2 Foulness, Essex; 06/10/2007; female §3 Foulness, Essex; 06/10/2007; male §4 Foulness, Essex; 06/10/2007 §5 Foulness, Essex; 06/10/2007 §6 Foulness, Essex; 06/10/2007; male §7 Foulness, Essex; 27/09/2008; male; fw 14.8mm §8 Foulness, Essex; 11/10/2008; fw 17.1mm §9 Foulness, Essex; 11/10/2008; male; fw 17.0mm §10 Foulness, Essex; 19/09/2009; female; fw 16.7mm §11 Foulness, Essex; 26/09/2009; male; fw 17.1mm §12 Foulness, Essex; 26/09/2009; male §13 Foulness, Essex; 26/09/2009; male §14 Pegwell Bay, Kent; 27/09/2009; male; fw 16.1mm §15 Sibton Park, Kent; 25/09/2010; male; fw 15.0mm §16 Sibton Park, Kent; 27/09/2010; male All images © Chris Lewis |
§17 Foulness, Essex; 15/10/2011; female
§18 Foulness, Essex; 15/10/2011; female §19 Foulness, Essex; 15/10/2011 §20 Titchwell, Norfolk; 20/10/2012 §21 Foulness, Essex; 29/10/2014; male; fw 16.2mm §22 Foulness, Essex; 03/10/2015; male; fw 15.0mm §23 Foulness, Essex; 03/10/2015; male §24 Foulness, Essex; 03/10/2015; female; fw 16.9mm §25 Lizard, Cornwall; 03/10/2019; female; fw 15.3mm §26 Lizard, Cornwall; 03/10/2019 §27 Foulness, Essex; 23/10/2021; female; fw 15.0mm §28 Foulness, Essex; 23/10/2021; female; fw 16.9mm §29 ??; male |
Page published 30/05/2016 (§1-24) | §25&26 added 18/12/2019 | §27&28 added 26/12/2021 | §29 added 18/01/2023