British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae
British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae |
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Bryophila Treitschke, Bryopsis Boursin, Euthales Hübner, Poecilia Schrank.
Head rough. Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males (fasciculate-) ciliate.
Wingspan 23–30 mm. Forewings pale grey, grey-green or greenish; greenish tinged; complexly patterned; the patterning well marked; reniform defined; orbicular defined. Hindwings whitish, or whitish-fuscous, or fuscous, or grey; plain, or terminally darkened; with a clear discal mark, or without a clear discal mark; transversely lined, or without transverse lines; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings weak; arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Thorax crested (slightly, posteriorly). Middle tibiae without spines. Posterior tibiae without spines; rough-scaled. Abdomen crested.
Living adults found July and August.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae conspicuously hairy; with red markings, or without red markings; posteriorly rounded, or posteriorly tapered; feeding on lichens; pupating in or under bark or rotten wood (usually in crevices).
General comments. Head and thorax coloured like the forewings, abdomen like the hindwings.
British representation. 4 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland; algae* (Tree-lichen Beauty), domestica (perla: Marbled Beauty), muralis (Marbled Green), raptricula* (Marbled Grey).
Classification. Acronictinae.
Illustrations: • The British Acronictinae: Newman (1869). • Acronictinae (Cryphia): Kirby 34 (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: 9th June 2008. http://delta-intkey.com’.
