70.257 Menophra abruptaria (Waved Umber)
fw: 18-21mm; Apr-Jun, occasionally bivoltine Jul-Aug; garden privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium), lilac (Syringa vulgaris), jasmine (Jasminum spp); common in SE.England more local elsewhere in England & Wales.
ID: Unlikely to be confused with any other species.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 01/05/2011; male
§2 Foulness, Essex; 08/05/2011; male
§3 Foulness, Essex; 01/06/2019; male; fw 17.2mm
§4 Leigh-on-sea, Essex; 08/05/2020; male
§5 Heydon, Cambridgeshire; 11/04/2024; male
§6 ??; ??/??/2023; male; fw 19.1mm
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§2 Foulness, Essex; 08/05/2011; male
§3 Foulness, Essex; 01/06/2019; male; fw 17.2mm
§4 Leigh-on-sea, Essex; 08/05/2020; male
§5 Heydon, Cambridgeshire; 11/04/2024; male
§6 ??; ??/??/2023; male; fw 19.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
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