49.279 Gypsonoma dealbana (Common Cloaked Shoot)
ws: 11-14mm; Jun-Aug; various trees and shrubs including hazel (Corylus avellana), hawthorn (Crataegus spp), poplars (Populus spp), sallow (Salix spp); common throughout GB except N.Scotland.
Gypsonoma dealbana §1
ID: Similar to G.sociana, both species having a whitish frons. In G.sociana the frons is clear white, in G.dealbana it is creamy white. G.sociana always has a white ground colour, in G.dealbana this is often suffused greyish. According to MBGBI 5.2 the forewing apex is predominantly ferruginous in G.dealbana, dark fuscous in G.sociana - but this does not appear to provide a reliable means of distinguishing these species.
Male genitalia: ventral border of valva shallowly emariginate towards apex in G.sociana; deeply emarginate in G.dealbana
Female genitalia:
Male genitalia: ventral border of valva shallowly emariginate towards apex in G.sociana; deeply emarginate in G.dealbana
Female genitalia:
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§1 New Forest, Hampshire; 27/06/2008; fw 6.5mm
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 29/06/2009; female; fw 6.2mm §3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 09/07/2010; male §4 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 27/07/2012; male §6 Bookham Common, Surrey; 16/07/2013; male; fw 6.3mm §7 Bookham Common, Surrey; 16/07/2013; female §8 Bookham Common, Surrey; 16/07/2013; male §9 Arne, Dorset; 02/07/2016; male; fw 6.1mm; to light All images © Chris Lewis |
§10 Foulness, Essex; 24/06/2017; female; fw 6.9mm; to light
§11 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 11/07/2018 §12 Dungeness, Kent; 12/07/2018; female; fw 5.9mm §13 Pound Wood, Essex; 11/07/2019; male; fw 5.5mm §14 Pound Wood, Essex; 11/07/2019; female; fw 5.7mm §15 Pound Wood, Essex; 11/07/2019; female; fw 5.5mm |
Page published 14/01/2013 (§1-8) | §9 added 29/09/2016 | §10 added 22/10/2017 | §11 added 18/05/2019 | §12 added 24/05/2019 |
§13-15 aded 25/02/2020
§13-15 aded 25/02/2020
