70.246 Apocheima hispidaria (Small Brindled Beauty)
fw: m-15-17mm f-apterous; Feb-Mar; pedunculate oak (Quercus robur); fairly common in oakwoods in SE.England, more local in the rest of England, Wales and SE.Scotland
Apocheima hispidaria (Small Brindled Beauty) §1 male
ID: Males are similar in wing pattern and
broad hairy thorax to males of Phigalia pilosaria (Pale Brindled Beauty) and both
sexes of Lycia hirtaria (Brindled Beauty) but are smaller than either of these
species (fw 19-24mm).
§1 Belfairs Woods, Essex; 26/02/2008; male
§2 Pound Wood, Essex; 14/02/2020; male; fw 15.5mm
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 14/02/2020; male
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 14/02/2020; male
§5 Pound Wood, Essex; 09/03/2022; male
§6 Pound Wood, Essex; 22/03/2023; male; fw 17.0mm
§7 ??; ??/??/2023; male; fw 17.4mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Pound Wood, Essex; 14/02/2020; male; fw 15.5mm
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 14/02/2020; male
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 14/02/2020; male
§5 Pound Wood, Essex; 09/03/2022; male
§6 Pound Wood, Essex; 22/03/2023; male; fw 17.0mm
§7 ??; ??/??/2023; male; fw 17.4mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 05/03/2014 (§1) | §2-4 added 28/03/2020 | §5 added 06/05/2022 | §6 added 30/05/2023 | §7 added 18/05/2024
