Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Limoniidae?

Posted by Chris Lewis on 25-04-2007 23:25
#1
Foulness Essex 22/4/07
Found in my moth trap - so probably nocturnal
13cm head to tip of abdomen

I think this is Limoniidae - it seems short-palped and sc forks to join both C and V1.

Its generally orange/yellow colour, wing pattern and hairs on the dorsum are fairly striking. Does anyone recognise it?

4 pictures

Posted by Chris Lewis on 25-04-2007 23:26
#2
Try again

Posted by Chris Lewis on 25-04-2007 23:28
#3
Second picture

Posted by Chris Lewis on 25-04-2007 23:29
#4
3rd picture

Posted by Chris Lewis on 25-04-2007 23:30
#5
4th Picture

Posted by Xespok on 26-04-2007 05:07
#6
I think this is Limonia sp sensu lato, and probably sensu stricto. There are several species with such a wing pattern, so I can not help you further.

Posted by Chen Young on 26-04-2007 14:41
#7
Gabor is correct, it is Limonia (Limonia). Your second image shows very well the R1+2 is more than twice the length of R2, a character for Limonia s.s.