49.228 Epinotia sordidana (Brown Alder Bell)
ws: 18-23mm; Aug-Oct; alder (Alnus glutinosa); NS-B marshes and riverbanks throughout GB
Synonym: Astatia sordidana (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Synonym: Astatia sordidana (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Epinotia sordidana §1 male
ID: Obscurely marked. Similar to obscurely marked forms of E.caprana and distinguished from that species by the hindwing which is uniformly ochreous-grey in E.sordidana and whitish-grey at base, fuscous at apex in E.caprana.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen; 08/09/2011; male; fw 10.0mm
§2 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 20/09/2021; male; fw 10.0mm
§3 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 20/09/2021; male
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§2 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 20/09/2021; male; fw 10.0mm
§3 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 20/09/2021; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 12/01/2013 (§1) | §2-3 added 30/12/2021
