British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae
British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae |
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Agronoma Hübner, Georyx Hübner, Psammophila Stephens, Scotia Hübner.
Head rough. Face with a small truncate-conical prominence having a raised rim (7 species), or without any conspicuous prominence (2 species). Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males simple, or ciliate, or dentate, or bipectinate.
Wingspan 30–50 mm. Forewings grey, grey-brown, umber brown, etc.; neither green nor greenish tinged; neither purplish nor rosy marked or tinged; complexly patterned; the patterning well marked; reniform defined; orbicular defined; claviform defined, or undefined. Hindwings white, or whitish, or fuscous, or grey (usually darker posteriorly); plain, or terminally darkened (usually); with a clear discal mark, or without a clear discal mark; transversely lined, or without transverse lines (mostly); exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings strong (distally); arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Thorax crested (front and rear). Middle tibiae with spines. Posterior tibiae with spines. Abdomen not crested.
Living adults found June to August, or August and September, or August to December, or January to April (hibernating A. ipsilon and A. ripae).
Larvae, pupae. Larvae posteriorly rounded, or posteriorly tapered; feeding on divers Dicot herbs and grasses, sometimes in roots or stems; pupating in the soil.
British representation. 12 species (2 adventives); South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland; cinerea (Light Feathered Rustic), clavis ( Heart and Club), crassa* (Great Dart), exclamationis (Heart and Dart), ipsilon (Dark Sword Grass), puta (Shuttle-shaped Dart), ripae (Sand Dart), segetum (Turnip moth), spinifera* (Gregson’s Dart), trux (Crescent Dart), vestigialis (Archer's Dart).
Classification. Noctuinae.
Illustrations: • The British Agrotis species (1): Newman. • The British Agrotis species (2): Newman. AGROTIS. 530, A. clavis (Heart and Club: a-c, males, d-e females); 531, A. cinerea (Light-feathered Rustic); 532, A. ripae (Sand Dart: a normal, b an unusual var.). • Light and melanic forms of Agrotis exclamationis (Heart and Dart: photos). • Larvae of Agrotis segetum (Turnip Moth): Newman. • Noctuinae: Kirby 34 (part). • Noctuinae (1–10) and Hadeninae: Kirby 35. • Noctuinae: Agrotis cinerea (Light Feathered Rustic: B. Ent. 165). • Noctuinae: Agrotis cinerea: B. Ent. 165, legend+text. • Noctuinae: Agrotis cinerea: B. Ent. 165, text cont..
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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae. Version: 9th June 2008. http://delta-intkey.com’.
