70.296 Aplasta ononaria (Rest Harrow)
fw: 13-14; Jun-Jul (Aug-Sep) in breeding colonies, Jul-Oct as a migrant; common restharrow (Ononis repens); RDB in coastal sand dunes in Kent at Folkestone Warren & Sandwich to Deal and presumed migrant.
Aplasta ononaria (Rest Harrow) §1 male
ID: Ochreous ground colour of both wings; variably suffused and speckled with red, more heavily in the male; the red marking concentrated in a diffuse postmedian band and less obviously and more variably in antemedian and subterminal bands; no forewing or hindwing central spots.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 09/08/2015; male; fw 12.9mm; found by day on Ononis repens (Rest Harrow) - presumed migrant
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 14/08/2017; male; fw 10.6mm; to light
§3 Foulness, Essex; 18/08/2018; to light
§4 Foulness, Essex; 03/08/2018; female; fw 11.2mm; to light
§5 Foulness, Essex; 03/08/2018; to light
§6 Foulness, Essex; 14/08/2021; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 14/08/2017; male; fw 10.6mm; to light
§3 Foulness, Essex; 18/08/2018; to light
§4 Foulness, Essex; 03/08/2018; female; fw 11.2mm; to light
§5 Foulness, Essex; 03/08/2018; to light
§6 Foulness, Essex; 14/08/2021; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 19/08/2015 (§1) | §2 added 05/02/2018 | §3 added 06/02/2019 | §4&5 added 18/02/2019 | §6 added 14/12/2021
