British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae
British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae |
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Head rough. Eyes glabrous; ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate, or dentate.
Wingspan 40–50 mm. Forewings usually rich umber-brown, sometimes lighter grey-brown; complexly patterned; the patterning well marked; reniform defined; orbicular defined; claviform defined. Hindwings white and fuscous, or whitish-fuscous, or fuscous; terminally darkened; with a clear discal mark, or without a clear discal mark; transversely lined; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings weak; arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Thorax crested (prominently anteriorly). Posterior tibiae without spines. Abdomen crested.
Living adults found May and June.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae feeding on various, unrelated Dicot herbs and shrubs; pupating in the soil.
General comments. The head and thorax coloured like the forewings, the abdomen like the hindwings save for the dark crest.
British representation. 2 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland; adusta (Dark Brocade), satura (Beautiful Arches).
Classification. Cuculliinae.
Illustrations. • The British species, and 8 related genera. • Cuculliinae (1–6, 10–11, 22–23); Amphipyrinae (7–9, 12–21, 25–26), Noctuinae (24): Kirby 40.
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’.
