73.238 Mniotype adusta (Dark Brocade)
fw 18-21mm; May-Aug; various woody and herbaceous plants; common throughout GB
ID: Forewing ground colour ranges from pale brown to blackish-brown and may show olive or reddish tones; a paradorsal black bar usually connects the antemedian and postmedian lines; black basal streak; distal margin of kidney mark white; subterminal white line with a distinct 'W' in the dorsal half. Where the paradorsal black bar is incomplete - may be confused with Mamestra brassicae (Cabbage Moth) which has an apical spine on each foretibia and chalky white edging to the kidney mark. Apamea exulis (Northern Arches / Exile) has broader antemedian and postmedian lines and lacks a distinct 'W' in the subterminal line. Apamea remissa (Dusky Brocade) has a more rounded forewing apex and is greyer. M.adusta has distinctive long 'eyelashes' which are not present in Apamea species.
Mniotype adusta (Dark Brocade) §7 male
§1 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 22/06/2010; male; fw 19.2mm
§2 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 03/07/2011; male; fw 19.6mm
§3 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 05/07/2011; female; fw 20.1mm
§4 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 07/07/2011; female; fw 19.8mm
§5 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 09/07/2011; male; fw 18.9mm
§6 Ardnamurchan; 08/07/2012; female; fw 21.4mm
§7 Buttermere, Cumbria; 23/06/2014; male; fw 19.5mm
§8 Torver, Cumbria; 14/07/2015; male
§9 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 12/06/2017; male; fw 16.4mm
§10 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 13/06/2017; female; fw 18.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 03/07/2011; male; fw 19.6mm
§3 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 05/07/2011; female; fw 20.1mm
§4 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 07/07/2011; female; fw 19.8mm
§5 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 09/07/2011; male; fw 18.9mm
§6 Ardnamurchan; 08/07/2012; female; fw 21.4mm
§7 Buttermere, Cumbria; 23/06/2014; male; fw 19.5mm
§8 Torver, Cumbria; 14/07/2015; male
§9 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 12/06/2017; male; fw 16.4mm
§10 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 13/06/2017; female; fw 18.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
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