49.252 Epinotia tedella (Common Spruce Bell)
ws: 10-13mm; May-Jun; Norway spruce (Picea abies); common in coniferous woodland throughout GB
Synonym: Evetria taedella (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Synonym: Evetria taedella (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Epinotia tedella §3
ID: SImilar to E.nemorivaga which is confined to the Scottish Highlands. E.nemorivaga has a more grey-brown forewing and hindwing colour. The two can be reliably separated by labial palp colour - creamy white in E.tedella, grey in E.nemorivaga. Also the basal and subbasal fasciae are distinct in E.tedella but combined as basal patch in E.nemorivaga.
DIssection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 Mull; 25/06/2011; male
§2 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 05/07/2011; female; fw 5.2mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 28/05/2012
§4 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 16/05/2012; male; fw 5.2mm
§5 Bernwood Forest, Buckinghamshire; 18/04/2018; female; fw 5.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 05/07/2011; female; fw 5.2mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 28/05/2012
§4 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 16/05/2012; male; fw 5.2mm
§5 Bernwood Forest, Buckinghamshire; 18/04/2018; female; fw 5.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 11/01/2013 (§1-3) | §4 added 30/05/2013 | §5 added 22/02/2019
