British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae
British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae | |
Head rough (-haired). Eyes glabrous; ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate (double-fasciculate). Tongue poorly developed.
Wingspan 42–48 mm. Forewings ochreous grey, more ochreous in males; patterned transversely; the patterning obscure; reniform defined; orbicular defined; claviform defined to undefined. Hindwings fuscous and ochreous (pale ochreous, fuscous-sprinkled); fairly plain, or conspicuously patterned (faintly to fairly conspicuously darker-banded); without a clear discal mark; transversely lined (or narrowly twice banded); exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings weak; arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Thorax not crested (densely hairy); densely hairy beneath. Posterior tibiae without spines. Abdomen not crested.
Living adults found October to December, or January to March (hibernating).
Larvae, pupae. Larvae feeding on Heracleum roots; pupating in the soil.
General comments. Head, thorax and abdomen coloured like the forewings.
British representation. 1 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (local, commoner northwards); templi (Brindled Ochre).
Classification. Cuculliinae.
Illustrations. • Dasypolia templi (Brindled Ochre): photo. • The British species, and 9 related genera. • Cuculliinae (Dasypolia templi): kirby 52 (part). Dasypolia templi (Brindled Ochre).
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’.
