ws |
fw |
flight |
time |
10-13.5 |
5.4-6.1 (5) |
Jun-Jul |
sunset, sunrise |
lfp |
habitat |
distribution |
status |
sallows, willows (Salix spp), bog-myrtle (Myrica gale) |
woodland bog, fen |
GB |
common |
ID: Group C - plain
Genital dissection required to distinguish from other species in Group C
Genital dissection required to distinguish from other species in Group C
Male genitalia
Vinculum a V-shaped arc, saccus shortly bluntly produced; posterior ends of sidearms free. Tegumen tubular, elongate, figure of 8 shaped. Gnathos broad, transverse. Sacculus a narrow arc along the anterolateral border of the valva; bowed, smoothly curved, no ornamentation. Valvula standard. Costa extended medially as transtillae, not meeting in midline. Juxta from medial ends of sacculi to ventral surface of aedeagus and produced somewhat anteriorly. Tunica simple, curved, with a dentate carina on left side of dorsal surface. Vesica with a short comb of cornuti; no annulus; no sclerotised arc. Male genital key: Sacculus with a convex anterolateral margin, without a distinct anterolateral angle or projection and ending laterally in a blunt projection; aedeagus with many small teeth in its apical half
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Female genitalia
Anal papillae standard; PA ~3xOP; OP transverse; AA ~1.5xOP; PM curved, deeply notched centrally to ostium, notched lined by strong marginal setae; ostium at AM. Antrum ~2xOP, sclerotisation confined to a ring around ostium, and two lateral lines; DB with flanked linear spiculation from junction with antrum for ~2xOP; DB coiled in anterior half, patch of sparse circumferential spiculation in posterior section of coil; DB broadens slightly to junction with BC, junction fairly distinct; CB elongate ovoid; signum a moderate-large thorn with curved base-plate longer than spike. |
Female genital key: Ductus bursae with spiculation extending from antrum for ~¼ length of ductus; antrum with strongly sclerotised lateral walls, longer than spiculate section of ductus; signum fairly large
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