73.322 Agrotis vestigialis (Archer's Dart)
fw: 14-18mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 30-40mm (MBGBI9); Jul-Sep; various herbaceous plants; local on coastal sand-dune at scatterred locations throughout GB, inland heaths of S.England and breckland of East Anglia.
Agrotis vestigialis (Archer's Dart) §2 male
ID: Ground colour ranges from white to pale brown. Oval, kidney and dart marks all prominent; pale subterminal line with a series of short black streaks proximal to it; tegulae pale; male antenna bipectinate.
Dissection
Male genitalia
§1 Winterton, Norfolk; 09/07/2015; male; fw 16.3mm
§2 Winterton, Norfolk; 09/07/2015; male
§3 Winterton, Norfolk; 09/07/2015; male
§4 Winterton, Norfolk; 06/08/2015; male
§5 Winterton, Norfolk; 06/08/2015; male
§6 Winterton, Norfolk; 06/08/2015; male
§7 Winterton, Norfolk; 06/08/2015; male
§8 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; male; fw 12.5mm!
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Winterton, Norfolk; 09/07/2015; male
§3 Winterton, Norfolk; 09/07/2015; male
§4 Winterton, Norfolk; 06/08/2015; male
§5 Winterton, Norfolk; 06/08/2015; male
§6 Winterton, Norfolk; 06/08/2015; male
§7 Winterton, Norfolk; 06/08/2015; male
§8 Dungeness, Kent; 25/07/2017; male; fw 12.5mm!
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 20/01/2017 (§1-7) | §8 added 14/04/2018
