ws |
fw |
flight |
time |
11-15 |
6.0-7.3 (10) |
Jun-Sep |
night & to light |
lfp |
habitat |
distribution |
status |
orache (Atriplex spp, goosefoot (Chenopodium spp) |
waste ground, arable land, saltmarsh |
E, W |
local |
ID: Group H - forewing with longitudinal and oblique pale streaks and fuscous scales.
Genital dissection required to distinguish from other species in group H.
Genital dissection required to distinguish from other species in group H.
Female genitalia
AP rudimentary; PA ~2.5xOP; A8 dorsal plate hyaline; AA ~1xOP; PM shallowly excavate laterally, notched to ~½OP centrally to ostium; Antrum with sclerotised lateral walls extending ~1xOP anterior to AM, curved to L near junction with DB. Posterior half of DB with 1½ broad coils; tail sclerotisation from posterior end of antrum extending through these broad coils, circumferential spiculation from just anterior to junction with antrum for ½ a coil (~3xOP). Anterior half of DB with multiple tight coils, sparse spiculation in first coil anterior to tail; DB expanded slightly toward junction with CB; junction distinct. CB spherical with both a small thorn-like signum and a scobinate patch. Female genital key: Antrum sclerotised and long; long densely spiculate section of ductus bursae with a long tail; corpus bursae with both thorn signum and a linear scobinate patch.
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