70.304 Thalera fimbrialis (Sussex Emerald)
ws: 25-30mm (UKMoths), fw: 15-16mm (Waring & Townsend); Jul-Aug; wild carrot; RDB coastal shingle at Dungeness, Kent
Protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981)
Protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981)
Thalera fimbrialis (Sussex Emerald) ยง1
ID: Green with whitish antemedian and postmedian lines on forewing and postmedian line on hindwing. Similar to Hemithea aestivaria (Common Emerald) but differs as follows (features of T.fimbrialis given first): hindwing termen notched so that it has two points vs with a single point; fringes chequered cream and reddish vs cream and grey; lines fairly evenly curved vs vs forewing antemedian line angulate subcostally, forewing postmedian line wavy, hindwing postmedian line angled parallel with the termen; antenna bipectinate vs fasciculate (in both sexes?); abdomen entirely green vs only dorsum of S1 green, dorsum of S2&3 red-brown, remainder of dorsum suffused greyish, ventral side white; legs all reddish vs foreleg reddish, midleg paler red-brown, hindleg whitish.
§1 Dungeness, Kent; 13/07/2018
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 24/07/2018 (§1)
