49.230 Epinotia trigonella (White-blotched Roller)
ws: 16-21mm (BTM), fw 7.5-10mm (Sterling & Parsons); Aug-Sep; birch (Betula spp); common on damp heath moss & open woodland throughout GB
Epinotia trigonella §1 male
ID: Similarly marked to E.demarniana which is smaller (fw 6-7.5) with a pale head and to male Epiblema scutulana which has a clean chestnut patch at the apex with terminal cilia blackish adjacent to the apical chesnut blotch and contrastingly pale dorsal to this.
§1 Bernwood Forest, Buckinghamshire; 17/08/2017; male; to light
§2 Bernwood Forest, Buckinghamshire; 17/08/2017; male; to light
§3 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 12/08/2020; female; fw 8.2mm
§4 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 02/09/2022
§5 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 02/09/2022
§6 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 02/09/2022; male
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§2 Bernwood Forest, Buckinghamshire; 17/08/2017; male; to light
§3 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 12/08/2020; female; fw 8.2mm
§4 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 02/09/2022
§5 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 02/09/2022
§6 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 02/09/2022; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 20/09/2017 (§1&2) | §3 added 07/02/2021 | §4-6 added 01/12/2022
