267 Lacanobia oleracea (Bright-line Brown-eye)

73.267 Lacanobia (Diataraxia) oleracea (Bright-line Brown-eye)

fw: 14-19mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 36-44mm (MBGBI9); May-Jul, partially bivoltine in south Aug-Sep; various woody and herbaceous plants; common throughout GB

Lacanobia oleracea (Bright-line Brown-eye) §2

ID: Fairly uniformly brown ground colour in which the white subterminal line, with a 'W' in its dorsal half, stands out. The stigmata are white outlined and the small kidney mark is filled with a paler brown than the ground colour (the 'brown eye'). Form dissimilis of L.suasa (Dog's Tooth) also has a fairly uniformly brown forewing ground colour in which the pale subterminal line stands out, but it shows a black median basal streak, a dark outlined dart mark and its oval mark is not white-outlined.

Variation
Dissection
Male genitalia
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Larva

§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 11/05/2007
§2 Foulness, Essex; 29/06/2013
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 19/05/2014; male; fw 17.8mm
§4 Glen Shiel, West Ross; 07/09/2014; male; fw 17.8mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 16/05/2020; male; fw 16.2mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 16/05/2020; male; fw 16.2mm
§7 Loch Naver, Sutherland; 22/06/2021
§8 Loch Naver, Sutherland; 23/06/2021
§9 Foulness, Essex; 04/09/2021; female; fw 17.6mm
§10 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 14/10/2021
§11 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; 01/06/2024
All images © Chris Lewis

§L1 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 15/10/2007
§L2 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 06/10/2009