British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae
British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae |
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Head rough. Face without any conspicuous prominence. Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate. Labial palps short; porrect to ascending.
Wingspan 30–38 mm. Forewings pale brown, with darker brown markings; complexly patterned; the patterning obscure (obscurely patterned with streaks and faint lines); reniform defined; orbicular defined; claviform undefined. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, fuscous, and grey (grey-whitish, termen interruptedly dark fuscous); plain; with a clear discal mark; transversely lined (via a dark, median line), 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 in June.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae posteriorly humped; feeding on various, unrelated Dicot herbs; pupating on the surface of the ground, or in the soil (on or just below the surface).
General comments. Head, collar and abdomen pale brown, thorax variegated with umber.
British representation. 1 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (common); putris (The Flame).
Classification. Noctuinae.
Illustrations. • Noctuinae: Axylia putris and 10 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’.
