73.341 Standfussiana lucernea (Northern Rustic)
fw: 17-21mm (Waring & Townsend), ws 36-46mm (MBGBI9); Jun-Sep; various herbaceous plants; local on coastal cliff and mountains in western Britain from Isle of Wight to Scotland.
Standfussiana lucernea (Northern Rustic) §2 male
ID: Forewing ground colour ranges from brownish grey to blackish with a variable dusting of yellowish-brown or greyish-brown; markings indistinct, stigmata obscured, antemedian and postmedian lines usually discernable; hindwing dark with white cilia. Hadena caesia (Grey) is similarly obscurely marked but is smaller (fw: 15-17mm) and has a different (not described in Waring) hindwing pattern. Rhyacia simulans (Dotted Rustic) may be similar but has a larger oval and dotted crosslines. Spaelotis ravida (Stout Dart) has a dark streak enclosing the oval mark and a pale hindwing.
§1 Skye; 07/08/2013; female; fw 19.4mm
§2 Portland Bill, Dorset; 20/06/2015; male; fw 17.3mm
§3 Dalmunzie, Perthshire; 28/08/2016; female; fw 19.8mm
§4 Mortehoe, Devon; 08/07/2020; male; fw 15.2mm!
§5 Mortehoe, Devon; 08/07/2020; male; fw 15.7mm!
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Portland Bill, Dorset; 20/06/2015; male; fw 17.3mm
§3 Dalmunzie, Perthshire; 28/08/2016; female; fw 19.8mm
§4 Mortehoe, Devon; 08/07/2020; male; fw 15.2mm!
§5 Mortehoe, Devon; 08/07/2020; male; fw 15.7mm!
All images © Chris Lewis
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