49.204 Ancylis obtusana (Lesser Hook-wing)
ws: 10-13mm (BTM), fw: 5-6mm (Sterling & Parsons); May-Jul; buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus), alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus); NS-B S.England
Ancylis obtusana §1
ID: Orange with a whitish diagonal median line from the costa at ~½ to the dorsum at ~⅔; a plumbeous patch along the distal margin of the dorsum around the tornus between the median line and the termen; white costal strigulae, those in the apical ⅖ giving rise to plumbeous striae; ocellus with a series of black and plumbeous streaks; an orange patch in the apical half of the forewing, with a rounded dorsal edge is ±isolated by the medial line, distal dorsal patch, ocellus and the proximal costal strigula.
§1 Covert Woods, Kent; 09/06/2022; male; fw 5.9mm
§2 Covert Woods, Kent; 09/06/2022; male; fw 5.7mm
§3 Covert Woods, Kent; 06/07/2022; female; fw 5.7mm
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§2 Covert Woods, Kent; 09/06/2022; male; fw 5.7mm
§3 Covert Woods, Kent; 06/07/2022; female; fw 5.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 11/06/2022 (§1) | §2&3 added 11/08/2022
