73.338 Lycophotia porphyria (True-lover's Knot)
fw: 12-15mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 24-34mm (MBGBI9); Jun-Aug; heather (Calluna vulgaris), bell heather (Erica cinerea); common in acid heathland and high moorland throughout GB
Lycophotia porphyria (True-lover's Knot) §3 male
ID: Ground colour usually reddish-brown but ranges from pinkish-brown to blackish-grey; small white or white-outlined oval and kidney marks; sinuate white subbasal and postmedian lines and a more diffuse straight subterminal line; black terminal line interrupted by short white streaks; several white dashes along costa; longer black streaks subdorsally and through stigmata. Xestia agathina (Heath Rustic) can appear similar but has a pale streak along the costa from forewing base to postmedian line.
§1 New Forest, Hampshire; 28/05/2010; male
§2 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 22/06/2010; male
§3 Buttermere, Cumbria; 21/06/2014; male
§4 Winterton, Norfolk; 11/06/2015; male
§5 Kishorn, Ross & Cromarty; 21/06/2022; male; fw 12.7mm
§6 Kishorn, Ross & Cromarty; ??/06/2022; male; fw 13.2mm
§7 Duddon Mosses, Cumbria; 19/06/2023; male
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§2 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 22/06/2010; male
§3 Buttermere, Cumbria; 21/06/2014; male
§4 Winterton, Norfolk; 11/06/2015; male
§5 Kishorn, Ross & Cromarty; 21/06/2022; male; fw 12.7mm
§6 Kishorn, Ross & Cromarty; ??/06/2022; male; fw 13.2mm
§7 Duddon Mosses, Cumbria; 19/06/2023; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 14/03/2017 (§1-4) | §5&6 added 14/10/2022 | §7 added 24/09/2023
