73.280 Hecatera dysodea (Small Ranunculus)
fw: 14-15mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 32-36mm (MBGBI9); Jun-Aug; prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola); RDB - formerly fairly common in E.Anglia and SE.England, largely disappeared between 1914 and 1997 since when it has become re-established in Kent and Essex.
Hecatera dysodea (Small Ranunculus) §2
ID: Forewing ground colour grey with a darker grey median fascia, mottled with black and orange scales. Polymixis flavicincta/lichenea (Large/Feathered Ranunculus) have a similar forewing pattern but are larger (17-22mm and 15-18mm respectively); hindwing of P.lichenea is largely white.
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 22/06/2009; male; fw 14.8mm
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 08/07/2009; fw 15.8mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 07/08/2020; male; fw 12.6mm!
§4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 03/07/2022
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 08/07/2009; fw 15.8mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 07/08/2020; male; fw 12.6mm!
§4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 03/07/2022
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 24/10/2016 (§1-2) | §3 added 04/02/2021 | §4 added 27/11/2022
