73.247 Orthosia (Cororthosia) gracilis (Powdered Quaker)
fw: 15-19mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 35-42mm (MBGBI9); Apr-May; various broadleaved trees, woody and herbaceous plants; common in marshes and damp woodland in England and Wales, more local in Scotland.
Orthosia gracilis (Powdered Quaker) §3 male
ID: Ground colour variable from whitish through reddish, brown and grey to blackish, often irrorate ('powdered') with blackish scales giving a grainy texture; forewing apex fairly pointed; oval and kidney marks large, usually pale-outlined and dorsal half of kidney mark usually darker than costal half; subterminal line pale and complete, often dark-edged proximally; other crosslines variably expressed - antemedian and postmedian rows of black dots; terminal line of blackish dots or lunules.
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§1 Foulness, Essex; 26/04/2008; male
§2 Foulness, Essex; 18/04/2009 §3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 06/04/2011; male; fw 18.3mm §4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 06/04/2011; male §5 Foulness, Essex; 16/04/2011; male; fw 17.1mm §6 Foulness, Essex; 16/04/2011; male; fw 18.3mm §7 Foulness, Essex; 12/05/2012; male; fw 17.4mm §8 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 09/05/2014; female §9 Foulness, Essex; 18/04/2015; male; fw 17.2mm All images © Chris Lewis |
§10 Foulness, Essex; 18/04/2015; male; fw 16.1mm
§11 Foulness, Essex; 18/04/2015; male §12 Foulness, Essex; 18/04/2015; female; fw 17.8mm §13 Foulness, Essex; 08/04/2017; male; fw 16.8mm §14 Foulness, Essex; 08/04/2017; male; fw 17.0mm §15 ??; ??/??/2021; male; fw 17.1mm §16 Islay; 13/04/2022; male §17 Foulness, Essex; 13/04/2024; female; fw 17.7mm §18 Foulness, Essex; 13/04/2024; female; fw 18.8mm |
Page published 02/08/2016 (§1-12) | §13&14 added 02/04/2018 | §15 added 17/02/2022 | §16 added 02/06/2022 | §17&18 added 20/04/2024
