73.297 Mythimna (Hyphilare) albipuncta (White-point)
ws: 34-38mm (MBGBI9.1), fw: 14-17mm (Waring & Townsend); regular migrant May-Nov, peak Jul-Sep
Mythimna albipuncta (White-point) §2 female
ID: M.ferrago (Clay) and M.albipuncta both have a white spot in place of the kidney mark (the rest of the kidney mark is not usually discernible) AND no white or black forewing streaks. In M.ferrago the spot is whitish, small (and may be hard to see) and elliptical or tear-drop-shaped; in M.albipuncta the spot is bright white, round and prominent. In both these species the forewing ground colour is brown of a variable shade and the male has a black ventral band at the base of the abdomen. M.ferrago usually shows a dotted postmedian line, M.albipuncta shows a pale proximal border to a poorly-marked antemedian line and a pale distal border to a poorly marked postmedian line. M.albipuncta has a smoky grey hindwing, M.ferrago has fuscous to dark grey hindwing.
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§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 18/05/2009; male; fw 17.5mm
§2 Foulness, Essex; 16/08/2009; female §3 Foulness, Essex; 31/07/2010; fw 15.4mm §4 Rett, Norfolk; 20/08/2011 §5 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 22/08/2012; female §6 Foulness, Essex; 16/08/2014; fw 15.8mm §7 Foulness, Essex; 16/08/2014; male §8 Foulness, Essex; 16/08/2014 §9 Foulness, Essex; 13/06/2015 All images © Chris Lewis |
§10 Foulness, Essex; 25/05/2019; female; fw 15.7mm
§11 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 18/10/2020; male; fw 14.5mm |
Page published 29/12/2016 (§1-9) | §10 added 13/02/2020 | §11 added 13/11/2020
