73.249 Orthosia (Semiophora) gothica (Hebrew Character)
fw: 15-17mm (Waring & Townsend), ws 30-40mm (MBGBI9); Mar-May in south, Apr-Jun in north; various broadleaved trees, woody and herbaceous plants; common throughout GB.
Orthosia gothica (Hebrew Character) §2 female
ID: Forewing ground colour usually greyish or reddish-brown but ranges from pale sandy to blackish; usually identified by the characteristic, but variable (and sometimes obscured), central black (or brown) mark extending around the dorsal margins of the oval mark and between the oval and kidney marks. Antennae bipectinate in male, shortly bipectinate in female.
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§1 Foulness, Essex; 17/03/2007; female; fw 14.2mm
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 26/03/2007; female §3 Belfairs Woods, Essex; 11/03/2008; male; fw 16.8mm §4 Simonsbath, Somerset; 10/04/2009; fw 15.4mm §5 Foulness, Essex; 03/04/2010; male; fw 16.2mm §6 Foulness, Essex; 03/04/2010; male; fw 17.4mm §7 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 06/04/2011; fw 15.8mm §8 Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire; 21/03/2012; male; fw 15.1mm §9 Foulness, Essex; 12/05/2012; male; fw 15.7mm All images © Chris Lewis |
§10 Hanningfield, Essex; 14/04/2013; fw 16.6mm
§11 Hockley Woods, Essex; 30/03/2014; male §12 Foulness, Essex; 28/03/2015; male §13 Foulness, Essex; 28/03/2015; male §14 Insh, Inverness-shire; 23/04/2016; male; 14.4mm §15 Foulness, Essex; 18/03/2017 §16 Foulness, Essex; 18/03/2017 §17 Foulness, Essex; 18/03/2017; female; fw 14.7mm L1 Pound Wood, Essex; 15/06/2020; found on broom (Cytisus scoparius) |
Page published 07/08/2016 (§1-14) | §15-17 added 01/04/2018 | L1 added 23/01/2021
