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Yellow-banded Weak-mark Foldwing Ptychoptera albimana

Apparently the pale basal hind tarsus is diagnostic among the Ptychoptera.


I didn't manage to catch this so good job the photo shows the pale basal tarsomere on the hind legs.

Ptychoptera lacustris
Yellow-banded Weak-mark Foldwing Ptychoptera albimana, Rush Meadow (Norfolk, UK), 21st June 2024


I succeeded in catching this one only to arrive home and find that the lid had come off the pot and it had fled. Fortunately the in-field photos appear to be sufficient to clinch the ID.

Ptychoptera lacustris Ptychoptera lacustris
Yellow-banded Weak-mark Foldwing Ptychoptera albimana, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 12th September 2024