British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae
British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae | |
Head rough. Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate. Labial palps short to medium; porrect to ascending.
Wingspan 43–53 mm. Forewings grey-green, with many sharply defined black markings and a few light ones; greenish and pale grey, or greenish and grey; greenish tinged; complexly patterned; the patterning well marked; reniform defined; orbicular defined; claviform defined. Hindwings fuscous; terminally darkened; with a clear discal mark to without a clear discal mark; transversely lined, or without transverse lines; 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 and July.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae posteriorly rounded; feeding on various, unrelated Dicot herbs and shrubs; pupating in the soil (near the surface).
General comments. Head and anterior thorax pale grey, posterior thorax darker, abdomen smoky grey.
British representation. 1 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland; prasina (Green Arches).
Classification. Noctuinae.
Illustrations: • Noctuinae: Anaplectoides and 4 related genera. • Noctuinae (1–10) and Hadeninae: Kirby 35.
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: 9th June 2008. http://delta-intkey.com’.
