British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae
British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae |
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Grammesia Stephens, Meristis Hübner.
Head rough. Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males bipectinate. Labial palps short.
Wingspan 33–40 mm. Forewings dingy grey to pale fuscous or somewhat ochreous; patterned transversely; the patterning well marked (plain save for three to four clear, dark transverse lines); reniform undefined; orbicular undefined; claviform undefined. Hindwings rather dark grey, or fuscous (usually darker than the forewings); plain; without a clear discal mark; without transverse lines; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings weak; arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Middle tibiae without spines. Posterior tibiae without spines; rough-scaled. Abdomen not crested.
Living adults found in June.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae posteriorly rounded; feeding on Plantago and other Dicot herbs; pupating in the soil.
General comments. Head and thorax coloured like the forewings, abdomen like the hindwings.
British representation. 1 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland; trigrammica (Treble Lines).
Classification. Amphipyrinae.
Illustrations: • The British species, and 14 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: 9th June 2008. http://delta-intkey.com’.
