73.350 Eurois occulta (Great Brocade)
fw: 24-27mm (Waring & Townsend), 23.6-29.0mm (my specimens), ws: 52-64mm (MBGBI9); Jul-Sep; bog-myrtle (Myrica gale) and other herbaceous plants; NS-B central and western Scottish highlands and scarce migrant.
Eurois occulta (Great Brocade) §3
ID: Residents usually have a dark grey to blackish forewing ground colour while migrants are a paler grey. Markings include pale antemedian and postmedian lines and usually more diffuse pale subbasal and subterminal lines; a usually oblique pale-outlined or solidly pale oval and a larger pale-outlined kidney mark; often black streaks extend proximally from the subterminal line.
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 14/07/2012; fw 23.6mm
§2 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 15/07/2012; male; fw 25.1mm
§3 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 17/07/2012; fw 29.0mm
§4 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 18/07/2012; female; fw 29.0mm
§5 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 18/07/2012; male
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§2 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 15/07/2012; male; fw 25.1mm
§3 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 17/07/2012; fw 29.0mm
§4 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 18/07/2012; female; fw 29.0mm
§5 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 18/07/2012; male
All images © Chris Lewis
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