73.324 Agrotis trux (Crescent Dart)
fw: 16-19mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 35-42mm (MBGBI9); Jul-Aug, occasionally bivoltine Oct; thrift (Armeria maritima); local on rocky coasts from Sussex to N.Wales. The British ssp is lunigera.
Agrotis trux (Crescent Dart) §7 male
ID: Both sexes: oval mark - small, pale and dark-outlined; pale area between kidney mark and postmedian line. Male: forewing ground colour pale to dark grey-brown, clouded and dusted with dark brown; hindwing largely whitish; antennae shortly bipectinate. Female: forewing ground colour dark blackish-brown to black; hindwing whitish, suffused fuscous subterminally; antenna simple.
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§1 Galmpton, Devon; 24/07/2010; male; fw 18.8mm
§2 Galmpton, Devon; 26/07/2010; female; fw 18.3mm §3 Conwy, Caernarvonshire; 18/07/2015; male §4 Conwy, Caernarvonshire; 18/07/2015; male; fw 15.4mm §5 Conwy, Caernarvonshire; 18/07/2015; male; fw 17.0mm §6 Conwy, Caernarvonshire; 21/07/2015; male §7 Conwy, Caernarvonshire; 21/07/2015; male §8 Conwy, Caernarvonshire; 22/07/2015; female All images © Chris Lewis |
§9 Mortehoe, Devon; 08/07/2020; female; fw 15.4mm
§10 Mortehoe, Devon; 10/07/2020; male §11 Mortehoe, Devon; 09/07/2020; female: fw 16.3mm §12 Mortehoe, Devon; 08/07/2020; male; fw 15.1mm §13 Mortehoe, Devon; 08/07/2020; male; fw 16.7mm |
Page published 21/01/2017 (§1-8) | §9-13 added 29/01/2021
