Posted by Tony Irwin on 20-02-2016 13:59
#7
The thickness of the costa is variable in
tenuicosta, although
stagnalis is generally thicker. The shape of the apical white spot (with constricted middle) is right for
tenuicosta.
S.stagnalis has a rounded spot.
Although
S.stagnalis is often recorded from greenhouses, I have looked at several thousand greenhouse
Scatella, and never found
stagnalis. In the Holarctic region, only
tenuicosta and
obscura are found in greenhouses. (paper in preparation).