70.248 Lycia hirtaria (Brindled Beauty)
fw: 19-23mm; Mar-May; various broadleaved trees and shrubs; common in most of England, more local in Wales and Scotland
Lycia hirtaria (Brindled Beauty) §3 male
ID: Similar
in wing pattern and broad hairy thorax to males of Apocheima hispidaria (Small
Brindled Beauty), which is smaller (fw: 15-17mm) and to Phigalia pilosaria
(Pale Brindled Beauty), which is much the same size. P.pilosaria is generally
paler with weaker cross-lines and it flies earlier (Jan-Mar) than L.hirtaria,
though there is an overlap period in March. An all dark form nigra occurs rarely.
Dissection
Male genitalia
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 03/05/2008; male
§2 Exmoor, Devon; 12/04/2009; male
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norflok; 18/04/2011; male
§4 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire; 04/05/2013; male
§5 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire; 04/05/2013; male
§6 Inveruglas, Argyll; 24/04/2016; male
§7 Struy, Inverness-shire; 03/05/2016; male
§8 Bernwood Forest, Oxfordshire; 18/04/2018; male; fw 21.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Exmoor, Devon; 12/04/2009; male
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norflok; 18/04/2011; male
§4 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire; 04/05/2013; male
§5 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire; 04/05/2013; male
§6 Inveruglas, Argyll; 24/04/2016; male
§7 Struy, Inverness-shire; 03/05/2016; male
§8 Bernwood Forest, Oxfordshire; 18/04/2018; male; fw 21.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 05/04/2014 (§1-5) | §6&7 added 24/06/2017 | §8 added 31/01/2019
