73.206 Lithophane leautieri (Blair's Shoulder-knot)
fw: 17-20mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 40-45mm (MBGBI10); Sep-Nov; cypresses (Cupressa spp); recent colonist first reported Isle of Wight 1951 has gradually spread north and now common in England, Wales and S.Scotland.
Lithophane leautieri (Blair's Shoulder-knot) §3
ID: Forewing narrow, ground colour grey, with black streaks - the basal of which is long and strong. Kidney mark usually tinted brownish. Sometimes shows a pink flush on undersides of wings and on abdomen. L.ornitopus (Grey Shoulder-knot) also has a grey forewing with a black basal streak - its forewing is broader and the basal streak is curved. L.hepatica (Pale Pinion) and L.semibrunnea (Tawny Pinion) have browner forewing ground colour, a less intense basal streak and prominent forward projecting anterior lateral thoracic angles.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 02/10/2010; male
§2 Christon Bank, Northumberland; 16/09/2014; male
§3 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 17/10/2015
§4 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 03/10/2017; male
§5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 15/10/2018; male; fw 17.3; to light
§6 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 15/10/2018; female; fw 19.5; to light
§7 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 11/10/2019
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Christon Bank, Northumberland; 16/09/2014; male
§3 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 17/10/2015
§4 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 03/10/2017; male
§5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 15/10/2018; male; fw 17.3; to light
§6 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 15/10/2018; female; fw 19.5; to light
§7 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 11/10/2019
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 05/06/2016 (§1-3) | §4 added 31/12/2017 } §7 added 18/12/2019
