73.279 Hecatera bicolorata (Broad-barred White)
fw: 13-15mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 28-35mm (MBGBI9); May-Jul, occasionally bivoltine in south Aug; hawkweeds (Hieraceum spp), hawk's-beards (Crepis spp), sow-thistles (Sonchus spp); common in south England, more local north from Midlands and in Wales and Scotland.
Hecatera bicolorata (Broad-barred White) §1
ID: Forewing ground colour white or pale grey with a broad black median fascia.
§1 Sandwich Bay, Kent; 20/05/2010
§2 Foulness, Essex; 17/07/2010; male; fw 13.8mm
§3 Lands End, Cornwall; 07/06/2013; male
§4 Winterton, Norfolk; 09/07/2015; male
§5 Winterton, Norfolk; 09/07/2015; male; fw 12.4mm
§6 Dungeness, Kent; 13/07/2018; male; fw 11.8mm
§7 Eskadale, Inverness-shire; 25/06/2022; female; fw 13.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 17/07/2010; male; fw 13.8mm
§3 Lands End, Cornwall; 07/06/2013; male
§4 Winterton, Norfolk; 09/07/2015; male
§5 Winterton, Norfolk; 09/07/2015; male; fw 12.4mm
§6 Dungeness, Kent; 13/07/2018; male; fw 11.8mm
§7 Eskadale, Inverness-shire; 25/06/2022; female; fw 13.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 24/10/2016 (§1-5) | §6 added 22/05/2019 | §7 added 15/10/2022
