73.268 Lacanobia splendens (Splendid Brocade)
ws: ~35mm (UKMoths) 36-40mm (Hants Moths); scarce migrant, first reported in Britain 2003, ~300 records (to 2018) with 90 in 2010.
Lacanobia splendens (Splendid Brocade) §1 male
ID: Pink ground colour with darker shading around stigmata, along proximal border of subterminal line and accentuating the forewing veins; whitish stigmata; scalloped antemedian line, diffuse oblique median line from kidney mark to dorsum, slightly scalloped postmedian line; subterminal fascia a shade paler than the ground colour; frons whitish.
Dissection
Male genitalia
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; male; fw 16.5mm; FIRST RECORD FOR NORFOLK
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 31/07/2015 (§1)
