73.254 Cerapteryx graminis (Antler Moth)
fw: 12-17mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: male 27-32mm, female 35-39mm (MBGBI9); Jul-Sep, diurnal and nocturnal; hard-bladed grasses eg sheep's-fuscue (Festuca ovina), mat-grass (Narda stricta) and purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea); common in grassland throughout GB.
Cerapteryx graminis (Antler Moth) §2 male
ID: Forewing ground colour light to dark olive-brown and may be tinged reddish; a prominent white antler mark, variable in extent, along the vein bordering the dorsal margins of the oval and kidney marks and along 2 or 3 veins leading from here towards the termen; further pale streaks in the basal half of the wing; oval and kidney marks whitish or outlined whitish; variable black interneural marks. Male has bipectinate antennae; female has simple antennae and averages larger.
§1 Newborough Forest, Anglesey; 29/07/2007; male
§2 Eskdale, Cumbria; 20/08/2007; male
§3 Dalmunzie, Perthshire; 26/08/2016; male; fw 12.8mm
§4 Dalmunzie, Perthshire; 26/08/2016; male; fw 14.0mm
§5 Dalmunzie, Perthshire; 27/08/2016; male
§6 Dalmunzie, Perthshire; 27/08/2016; female
§7 Dalmunzie, Perthshire; 28/08/2016; female; fw 15.8mm
§8 Seathwaite, Cumbria; 22/07/2016; male; fw 13.8mm
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§2 Eskdale, Cumbria; 20/08/2007; male
§3 Dalmunzie, Perthshire; 26/08/2016; male; fw 12.8mm
§4 Dalmunzie, Perthshire; 26/08/2016; male; fw 14.0mm
§5 Dalmunzie, Perthshire; 27/08/2016; male
§6 Dalmunzie, Perthshire; 27/08/2016; female
§7 Dalmunzie, Perthshire; 28/08/2016; female; fw 15.8mm
§8 Seathwaite, Cumbria; 22/07/2016; male; fw 13.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 05/09/2016 (§1-7) | Dissection images added 03/01/2017 | §8 added 24/06/2017
