British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae
British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae |
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Anoplia Stephens.
Head loosely scaled. Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate. Labial palps long; ascending.
Wingspan 40–45 mm. Forewings blackish; blackish; complexly patterned (marbled and lined); the patterning largely obscure (but with a clearly demarcated lighter submarginal band); reniform defined; orbicular defined; claviform defined to undefined. Hindwings white and blackish; conspicuously patterned (with a contrasty, dark subterminal band, containing with a light mark at the inner angle); without a clear discal mark; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings strong; arising nearer to vein 4 than to vein 6; convergent on vein 4 near their bases. Thorax crested (posteriorly). Middle tibiae without spines. Posterior tibiae with spines; rough-scaled. Abdomen crested (with several crests).
Living adults found in May.
General comments. Head, thorax and abdomen coloured like the forewings.
British representation. 1 species; South-east England and Central-southern England (rare and local, a casual immigrant); alchymista (The Alchymist).
Classification. Ophiderinae.
Illustrations. • British Ophiderinae. • Ophiderinae: Kirby 37 (part), 42 (part). • Ophiderinae and Catocalinae: Kirby 43 (part).
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’.
