49.286 Epiblema cirsiana (Knapweed Root-borer)
ws: 12-23mm; May-Jun; marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre), common knapweed (Centaurea nigra); common throughout GB
Synonym: Epiblema scutulana f. cirsiana (BTM)
Synonym: Epiblema scutulana f. cirsiana (BTM)
Epiblema cirsiana §1 male
ID: Distinguished from male E.scutulana by the absence of a large white apico-tornal patch and by the dark fuscous hindwing. E.costipunctana shows light strigulation across the white medio-dorsal blotch. Genital dissection required to distinguish from E.cnicolana, E.sticticana and E.tetragonana. Specimen §1 confirmed by dissection but no good images obtained.
See Epiblema scutulana group for more detail on identification.
See Epiblema scutulana group for more detail on identification.
DIssection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 Two-tree Island, Essex; 10/06/2010; male; fw 8.3mm; netted by day
§2 Upton Fen, Norfolk; 10/05/2014; male
§3 Warton Crag, Lancashire; 18/06/2014; female; fw 7.3mm; netted by day
§4 Romansleigh, Devon; 27/06/2016; male; fw 7.5mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Upton Fen, Norfolk; 10/05/2014; male
§3 Warton Crag, Lancashire; 18/06/2014; female; fw 7.3mm; netted by day
§4 Romansleigh, Devon; 27/06/2016; male; fw 7.5mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 24/01/2013 (§1) | §2 added 16/05/2014 | §3 added 20/08/20014 | §4 added 24/02/2017
