73.235 Polymixis (Eumichtis) lichenea (Feathered Ranunculus)
fw: 15-18mm; Aug-Oct; various herbaceous plants; ssp lichenea - south coast of England, west coasts north to SW.Scotland, east coast north to Yorkshire, occasionally inland; ssp scillonea - Isles of Scilly.
Polymixis lichenea (Feathered Ranunculus) ssp scillonia §6 male
ID: Antennae pectinate in male. ssp lichenea - forewing ground colour usually greyish-green, but may be brownish or yellowish, dusted with whitish-grey; hindwing whitish in male, grey in female, with bold black marginal dashes and a variable median line. Ssp scillonea - forewing ground colour darker green, variably freckled blackish and with a contrasting whitish kidney mark. P.xanthomista (Black-banded) has a diffuse dark partial median fascia; the male antennae are simple; and the hindwing shows a narrow more or less continuous marginal line and lacks a median line
§1 ssp lichenea - Foulness, Essex; 15/09/2007; male
§2 ssp lichenea - Foulness, Essex; 06/10/2007; male
§3 ssp lichenea - Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 13/09/2009; female; fw 18.0mm
§4 ssp scillonea - Bryher, Isles of Scilly; 10/10/2009; female
§5 ssp lichenea - Foulness, Essex; 02/10/2010; male
§6 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 24/09/2011; male
§7 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 08/10/2013; male
§8 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 09/10/2014; male
§9 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 12/10/2014; male
§10 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 15/10/2014; male
§11 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 23/10/2017; male; fw 16.3mm
§12 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 14/10/2017; male; fw 15.3mm
§13 ssp scillonea? - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 21/10/2017; male
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§2 ssp lichenea - Foulness, Essex; 06/10/2007; male
§3 ssp lichenea - Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 13/09/2009; female; fw 18.0mm
§4 ssp scillonea - Bryher, Isles of Scilly; 10/10/2009; female
§5 ssp lichenea - Foulness, Essex; 02/10/2010; male
§6 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 24/09/2011; male
§7 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 08/10/2013; male
§8 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 09/10/2014; male
§9 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 12/10/2014; male
§10 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 15/10/2014; male
§11 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 23/10/2017; male; fw 16.3mm
§12 ssp scillonea - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 14/10/2017; male; fw 15.3mm
§13 ssp scillonea? - St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 21/10/2017; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 15/06/2016 (§1-10) | §11 added 31/12/2017 | §12&13 added 18/12/2019
