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Friday, 24 April 2015

Elachista freyerella

    
Elachista freyerella


         With cold nights there has been little in the garden trap but I did find an Elachista (formerly Cosmiotes) freyerella in my greenhouse on the 19th April, followed by a second the following day! Reading the info on the Dissection Group Website it appears advisable to check genitalia combined with head colour for a positive id.
                                               Patrick Clement
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3 comments:

  1. Peter Hall24 April 2015 at 18:21

    Yes, I found a lot of the information on the Dissection site slightly misleading, but the structure plus head colour do the trick every time.

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    1. Patrick Clement25 April 2015 at 09:24

      Thanks Peter. I would like to see a good close-up of the head of E. stabilella for comparison.

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  2. Peter Hall25 April 2015 at 10:10

    I think if we put my stabilella image (see link) next to your freyerella image it would clearly show the head colour differences. Shall we do that for the Dissection site?

    http://www.dissectiongroup.co.uk/page2273.html

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