British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae
British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae |
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Anchocelis, Anthocelis, Anchoscelis Guenée.
Head rough. Eyes glabrous; ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate.
Wingspan 30–36 mm. Forewings leaden brown, ochreous or reddish brown, yellowish-ochreous, ochreous grey, or orange; neither purplish nor rosy marked or tinged; patterned transversely, or complexly patterned; the patterning well marked to obscure; reniform defined; orbicular defined; claviform undefined. Hindwings fuscous, or grey; plain, or terminally darkened; with a clear discal mark, or without a clear discal mark (mostly); without transverse lines; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings weak; arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Thorax crested (only slightly, anteriorly). Posterior tibiae without spines. Abdomen not crested.
Living adults found September and October.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae posteriorly rounded; feeding on divers Dicot trees, shrubs and herbs.
British representation. 7 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland; circellaris (The Brick), haematidea (Southern Chestnut, a possible recent colonist), helvola (Flounced Chestnut), litura (Brown-spot Pinion), lota (Red-line Quaker), lychnidis (Beaded Chestnut), macilenta (Yellow-line Quaker).
Classification. Acronictinae.
Illustrations. • The British species, and 3 related genera.
To view the illustrations with detailed captions, go to the interactive key. This also offers full and partial descriptions, diagnostic descriptions, differences and similarities between taxa, lists of taxa exhibiting or lacking specified attributes, and distributions of character states within any set of taxa.
Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae. Version: 18th September 2008. http://delta-intkey.com’.
