ws |
fw |
flight |
time |
11-13.5 |
Jun-Jul |
? |
|
lfp |
habitat |
distribution |
status |
greater stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) |
open woodland, hedgerows, coastal cliffs, shingle beaches |
GB |
NB |
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
Most similar to C.solitariella; also similar to C.lutipennella and C.flavipennella (the latter is keyed in Group D)
Male genital key: Sacculus with a shallowly concave lateral margin between a small anterolateral projection and a longer posterolateral projection; sacculus much broader than valvula.
Female genital key: Ductus bursae without a heavily spiculate section; signum moderate (about as long as ½ the diameter of the corpus bursae).
Smudgy sclerotisation of ductus bursae near anterior margin of ostial plate; ostial plate quadrate; ostium a small notch in posterior margin of ostial plate.
Smudgy sclerotisation of ductus bursae near anterior margin of ostial plate; ostial plate quadrate; ostium a small notch in posterior margin of ostial plate.