73.213 Ipimorpha subtusa (Olive)
fw: 14-16mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 28-34mm (MBGBI10) ; Jul-Sep; aspen/poplars (Populus spp); local in broadleaved woodland in England, Wales and S.Scotland.
Formerly placed in Amphipyrinae
Formerly placed in Amphipyrinae
Ipimorpha subtusa (Olive) §1 female
ID: Ground colour olive; kidney oval and dart marks all distinct, darker than ground colour and pale-edged; postmedian line convex towards the termen and closer to the antemedian line at the dorsum than at the costa; forewing termen fairly straight, apex slightly falcate.
I.retusa (Double Kidney) averages smaller (fw 13-15mm), has a darker olive ground colour; a concave termen and a strongly falcate apex; straight, parallel antemedian and postmedian lines and it lacks a dart mark (claviform stigma).
I.retusa (Double Kidney) averages smaller (fw 13-15mm), has a darker olive ground colour; a concave termen and a strongly falcate apex; straight, parallel antemedian and postmedian lines and it lacks a dart mark (claviform stigma).
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 26/07/2012; female; fw 14.8mm
§2 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 26/07/2018; male; fw 12.5mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 17/07/2022; male; fw 14.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 26/07/2018; male; fw 12.5mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 17/07/2022; male; fw 14.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 09/06/2016 (§1) | §2 added 29/05/2019 | §3 added 27/11/2022
