49.289 Epiblema costipunctana (Ragwort Root-borer)
ws: 13-18mm; bivoltine May-Jun, Jul-Aug; common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea); common throughout GB
Synonym: Epiblema trigeminana (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Synonym: Epiblema trigeminana (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Epiblema costipunctana §2 male
ID: Distinguishable from similar species by the strigulae running across the white medio-dorsal blotch.
Male genitalia: pulvinus (a semicircular bristly pad) present adjacent to the very small horn
See Epiblema scutulana group for more detail on identification.
Male genitalia: pulvinus (a semicircular bristly pad) present adjacent to the very small horn
See Epiblema scutulana group for more detail on identification.
§1 Whinless Down, Kent; 09/06/2012; male
§2 Foulness, Essex; 19/08/2012; male; fw 7.3mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 20/07/2013; male; fw 7.0mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 19/07/2014; female
§5 Foulness, Essex; 16/08/2014
§6 Foulness, Essex; 28/05/2016; male
§7 Boreham, Essex; 05/2025; male; fw 7.0mm (specimen supplied by Graham Ekins)
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 19/08/2012; male; fw 7.3mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 20/07/2013; male; fw 7.0mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 19/07/2014; female
§5 Foulness, Essex; 16/08/2014
§6 Foulness, Essex; 28/05/2016; male
§7 Boreham, Essex; 05/2025; male; fw 7.0mm (specimen supplied by Graham Ekins)
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 25/01/2013 (§1-2) | §3 added 09/11/2013 | §4 (female genitalia) added 18/08/2014 | §5 added 08/11/2014 |
§6 added 13/05/2017 | §7 added 22/08/2025
§6 added 13/05/2017 | §7 added 22/08/2025
