73.300 Mythimna (Hyphilare) l-album (L-album Wainscot)
fw: 15-16mm; bivoltine Jul, Sep-Oct; marram (Ammophila arenaria); NS-B on rough coastal grassland in S.England.
ID: Distinctive white 'L' shape in the centre of the forewing (the mark is on the veins along the dorsal and distal margins of the discal cell); white lining of the veins leading from the 'L' mark to the termen; an oblique pale apical dash; contrastingly pale costal stripe; black median basal streak; hindwing brownish-white with brown veins.
L.comma (Shoulder-striped Wainscot) also has the veins along the dorsal and distal margins of the discal cell marked in white, but in this case the white marking is continued along the vein to the wing base; and the long and prominent black basal streak lines its dorsal margin (the 'shoulder-stripe').
L.comma (Shoulder-striped Wainscot) also has the veins along the dorsal and distal margins of the discal cell marked in white, but in this case the white marking is continued along the vein to the wing base; and the long and prominent black basal streak lines its dorsal margin (the 'shoulder-stripe').
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 15/09/2009; male; fw 17.2mm
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 19/09/2014; female
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 19/09/2014; female; fw 16.1mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 08/09/2018; male; fw 15.0mm
§5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 29/09/2020; female; fw 15.2mm
§6 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 29/09/2020; female; fw 14.9mm
§7 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; 01/10/2023; male; fw 15.6mm
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§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 19/09/2014; female
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 19/09/2014; female; fw 16.1mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 08/09/2018; male; fw 15.0mm
§5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 29/09/2020; female; fw 15.2mm
§6 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 29/09/2020; female; fw 14.9mm
§7 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; 01/10/2023; male; fw 15.6mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 29/12/2016 (§1-3) | §4 added 19/02/2019 | §5&6 added 08/12/2020 | §7 added 01/01/2024