49.324 Cydia nigricana (Pea Moth)
ws: 12-16mm; May-Aug; various wild and cultivated Fabaceae; common throughout GB
Synonym: Endopisa nigricana (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Synonym: Endopisa nigricana (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Cydia nigricana §6 male
ID: Fairly uniform brown or grey-brown, irrorate with pale ochreous in the apical half of the wing, conspicuous costal strigulae, weakly developed ocellus with 3 or 4 black dots or dashes. In hindwing white or cream-white cilia contrast with dark fuscous wing; dorsal fold in male.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 08/06/2009; female; fw 7.1mm
§2 Foulness, Essex; 07/05/2011
§3 Kingsdown, Kent; 21/08/2013; male; fw 6.2mm
§4 Kingsdown, Kent; 21/08/2013; female; fw 6.3mm
§5 Portland, Dorset; 25/06/2015; female; fw 5.1mm; netted by day
§6 Foulness, Essex; 22/05/2016; male
§7 ??; 2020; male
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 07/05/2011
§3 Kingsdown, Kent; 21/08/2013; male; fw 6.2mm
§4 Kingsdown, Kent; 21/08/2013; female; fw 6.3mm
§5 Portland, Dorset; 25/06/2015; female; fw 5.1mm; netted by day
§6 Foulness, Essex; 22/05/2016; male
§7 ??; 2020; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 06/02/2013 (§1-2) | §3&4 added 24/11/2013 | §5 added 02/03/2016 } §6 added 19/05/2017 | §7 added 07/04/2021
