73.305 Senta flammea (Flame Wainscot)
ws: 32-40mm (MBGBI9.1), fw: 14-18mm (Waring & Townsend); May-Jul; common reed (Phragmites australis); NS-A in reedbeds, fens and marshes in E.Anglia, SE.England and Dorset
Synonym: Mythimna flammea (Waring & Townsend)
Synonym: Mythimna flammea (Waring & Townsend)
Senta flammea (Flame Wainscot) §3 male
ID: Curved costa and acute apex provide a unique forewing shape; forewing ground colour pale brown, paler towards costa; median darker brown streak; dotted postmedian line.
Dissection
Male genitalia
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 24/05/2012
§2 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 18/06/2012; male; fw 17.3mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/05/2014; male
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 18/06/2012; male; fw 17.3mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/05/2014; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 30/12/2016 (§1-3)
