49.343 Cydia amplana (Rusty Acorn Piercer)
ws: 16-20mm; Aug; nuts of oak (Quercus spp), Hazel, Beech and Walnut; rare migrant, mainly S.coast of England, first British record 1990.
Cydia amplana §5 female
ID: Not described in BTM, but appears to be characterised by a peachy ground colour with a pale mediodorsal blotch which is crossed by narrow dark strigulae and bounded proximally and distally by dark fasciae of variable strength.
Male genitalia: (shown at dissection group) aedeagus distinctive (see images); valva with a small lobe near the ventral margin of neck; tegumen with a small apical point.
Male genitalia: (shown at dissection group) aedeagus distinctive (see images); valva with a small lobe near the ventral margin of neck; tegumen with a small apical point.
§1 New Forest, Hampshire; 31/08/2013; male; fw 8.2mm
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 25/07/2014; female; fw 9.0mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 03/08/2018; female; fw 9.2mm
§4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 07/08/2020; male; fw 7.5mm
§5 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 10/08/2020; female; fw 8.8mm
§6 Stour Wood, Essex
§7 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 13/08/2021
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 25/07/2014; female; fw 9.0mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 03/08/2018; female; fw 9.2mm
§4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 07/08/2020; male; fw 7.5mm
§5 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 10/08/2020; female; fw 8.8mm
§6 Stour Wood, Essex
§7 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 13/08/2021
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 17/11/2013 (§1) | §2 added 07/08/2014 | §3 added 18/02/2019 | §4 added 04/02/2021 | §5 added 05/02/2021 |
§6 added 10/12/2021 | §7 added 11/12/2021
§6 added 10/12/2021 | §7 added 11/12/2021
