284 Hylaea fasciaria (Barred Red)

70.284 Hylaea fasciaria (Barred Red)

fw: 17-21mm; Jun-Aug; Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), Norway spruce (Picea abies); common in native pine forest and conifer plantations throughout GB.

Hylaea fasciaria (Barred Red) §2 female

ID: Typically varies from reddish-brown to dull grey, with two curved crosslines, concave towards the forewing base, and bordering a slightly darker median fascia. Plagodis pulveraria (Barred Umber) has similar colour and pattern but it has a much straighter proximal line and a very jagged distal line. The continental form H.fasciaria prasinaria is green and has been reported rarely from SE.England – it could be confused with Campaea margaritata (Light Emerald), but this has much straighter cross-lines and a red mark at the forewing apex.

Variation
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia

form fasciaria
form prasinaria

§1 Thursley Common, Surrey; 16/06/2008
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 03/06/2012; female
§3 Fersit, Argyll; 01/08/2013
§4 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 03/08/2019; female; fw 16.3mm
§5 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 18/06/2019; male; fw 18.5mm
§6 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 24/06/2019
§7 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 17/06/2020; male
§8 Covert Woods, Kent; 09/06/2022; male
§9 Covert Woods, Kent; 09/06/2022; male; fw 17.7mm; form prasinaria
§10 Covert Woods, Kent; 09/06/2022; male; fw 17.5mm; form prasinaria
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