49.323 Dichrorampha alpestrana (Northern Yarrow Moth)
ws: 11-14mm; Jun-Aug; yarrow (Achillea millefolium), tansy (Tanacetum vulgare); local on dry pastures in N.England, Scotland, Wales
Synonym: Hemimene tanaceti (Pierce & Metcalfe), D.montanana (MBGBI5.2)
Synonym: Hemimene tanaceti (Pierce & Metcalfe), D.montanana (MBGBI5.2)
Dichrorampha alpestrana §3 male
ID: similar to D.acuminatana but with a more yellow-brown (rather than purplish-brown) general colour and less sharply defined apical and basal lines in the terminal cilia.
Male genitalia: aedeagus has a distinctive apical point (apex notched in D.acuminatana); deep rounded emargination of ventral edge of valva, cucllus somewhat recurved (much shallower, less rounded and hardly recurved in D.acuminatana); medial margin of cucllus has a small prominence (not present in D.acuminatana).
Male genitalia: aedeagus has a distinctive apical point (apex notched in D.acuminatana); deep rounded emargination of ventral edge of valva, cucllus somewhat recurved (much shallower, less rounded and hardly recurved in D.acuminatana); medial margin of cucllus has a small prominence (not present in D.acuminatana).
§1 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 18/07/2012; male; fw 6.4mm
§2 Ballindalloch, Moray; 29/06/2021; male; fw 6.4mm; to light
§3 Ballindalloch, Moray; 27/06/2021; male; fw 6.3mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Ballindalloch, Moray; 29/06/2021; male; fw 6.4mm; to light
§3 Ballindalloch, Moray; 27/06/2021; male; fw 6.3mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 11/02/2013 (§1) | §2&3 added 30/08/2021
