73.368 Naenia typica (Gothic)
fw: 17-22mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 36-46mm (MBGBI9); Jun-Jul; various herbaceous and woody plants; local in lowland areas throughout GB.
Naenia typica (Gothic) §1 male
ID: Forewing fuscous-brown; veins lined whitish, crosslines whitish and stigmata outlined whitish; hindwing fuscous.Sideridis reticulata (Bordered Gothic) has a narrower forewing and a pale hindwing with a discal spot and dark border; forewing has more prominent pale, smoothly curved antemedian and postmedian lines. Tholera decimalis (Feathered Gothic) flies August-September, has dark antemedian and postmedian lines and the male has bipectinate antennae. Both these similar species have hairy eyes, glabrous in N.typica.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; male; fw 18.1mm; to light
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 19/07/2016; male; fw 17.3mm; to light
§3 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 06/07/2017; male; fw 16.9mm; to light
§4 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 13/06/2023; male
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 19/07/2016; male; fw 17.3mm; to light
§3 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 06/07/2017; male; fw 16.9mm; to light
§4 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 13/06/2023; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 01/08/2015 (§1) | §2 added 18/03/2017 | §3 added 12/04/2018 | §4 added 17/12/2023
