73.245 Orthosia (Monima) cruda (Small Quaker)
fw: 12-15mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 28-32mm (MBGBI9); Feb-May; mainly oaks (Quercus spp); common in broadleaved woodland in England and Wales, local in Scotland.
ID: Ground colour ranges from pale to dark brown and may be tinged reddish, whitish or greyish; irroration with black scales gives a 'rough' texture. Narrow kidney mark, small oval which may be obscured. Small size and early flight season are generally sufficient to identify. O.cerasi (Common Quaker) overlaps in size and flight season but has large pale-outlined stigmata and a more prominent pale subterminal line.
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§1 Belfairs Woods, Essex; 25/02/2008; fw 14.7mm
§2 Belfairs Woods, Essex; 25/02/2008; male; fw 14.3mm §3 Belfairs Woods, Essex; 25/02/2008; male; fw 13.4mm §4 Eastwood Sewage Works, Essex; 02/03/2008; male §5 Eastwood Sewage Works, Essex; 02/03/2008; male §6 Foulness, Essex; 12/03/2011; male; fw 12.9mm §7 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 18/04/2011; female; fw 13.0mm §8 Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire; 21/03/2012; male; fw 12.5mm §9 Hanningfield, Essex; 14/04/2013; male; fw 12.0mm All images © Chris Lewis |
§10 Hanningfield, Essex; 14/04/2013; fw 12.5mm
§11 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 11/04/2016; female; fw 13.0mm §12 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 28/03/2017 §13 Foulness, Essex; 18/03/2017; male; fw 12.3mm |
Page published 01/08/2016 (§1-10) | §11 added 12/04/2017 | §12&13 added 01/04/2018
