British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae
British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae |
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Paradiarsia auct.
Head rough. Head without a frontal tuft. Face without any conspicuous prominence. Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate.
Wingspan 36–44 mm. Forewings ochreous-grey, with dark markings; ochreous, or pale fuscous; neither green nor greenish tinged; neither purplish nor rosy marked or tinged; patterned transversely; the patterning well marked; reniform defined; orbicular defined; claviform undefined. Hindwings fuscous; plain to terminally darkened; without a clear discal mark; without transverse lines; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings strong (distally); arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Thorax crested (front and rear). Middle tibiae with spines. Posterior tibiae with spines. Abdomen not crested.
Living adults found July and August.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae feeding on diverse Dicot herbs; pupating in the soil.
General comments. Head, thorax and abdomen ochreous-grey.
British representation. 1 species; Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland; depuncta (Plain Clay).
Classification. Noctuinae.
Illustrations: • Noctuinae: Eugnorisma and 10 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’.
