70.238 Selenia lunularia (Lunar Thorn)
fw: 16-22mm; May-Jun, occasionally bivoltine Jul-Aug; several broad-leaved trees and shrubs; local in open woodland and scrub throughout GB and suspected migrant.
Selenia lunularia (Lunar Thorn) §1 male
ID: Similar to S.tetralunaria (Purple
Thorn). Distinguished by presence of a dark central spot on hindwing upperside near
termen in S.tetralunaria and its absence in S.lunularia; central silver
crescent in median fascia of forewing is obviously larger in S.tetralunaria;
distal edge of median fascia (distal cross-line) is nearly straight in its
costal half in S.lunularia, distinctly bowed in S.tetralunaria; hindwing termen
is deeply scalloped in S.lunularia, usually less so in S.tetralunaria.
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 26/05/2011; male
§2 Hanningfield Reservoir, Essex; 18/06/2013; male
§3 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 30/04/2017; male
§4 Loch Naver, Sutherland; 23/06/2021; female; fw 19.5mm
§5 Pound Wood, Essex; 02/06/2021; male
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§2 Hanningfield Reservoir, Essex; 18/06/2013; male
§3 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 30/04/2017; male
§4 Loch Naver, Sutherland; 23/06/2021; female; fw 19.5mm
§5 Pound Wood, Essex; 02/06/2021; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 04/03/2014 (§1) | §2 added 26/04/2014 | §3 added 02/04/2018 | §4 added 14/10/2021 | §5 added 25/11/2021
