British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae
British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae |
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Eyes hairy; not ciliated.
Wingspan about 45–50 mm. Forewings grey; complexly patterned; the patterning well marked; reniform defined; orbicular defined; claviform undefined. Hindwings whitish and grey; terminally darkened; without a clear discal mark; without transverse lines; 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. Middle tibiae without spines. Abdomen crested.
General comments. Head and thorax coloured like the forewings, abdomen lighter like the hindwings.
British representation. 1 species (adventive); deridens* (Marbled Tuffet).
Classification. Pantheinae.
Illustrations: • Pantheinae in British Check-lists.
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’.
