British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae
British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae |
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Head rough. Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate.
Wingspan 30–35 mm. Forewings rich umber brown with rosy pattern; rosy marked or tinged; complexly patterned; the patterning well marked (the rosy submarginal band contrasting with the dark base and margin); reniform defined (large, conspicuous, pale); orbicular defined (indistinct); claviform undefined. Hindwings fuscous, or fuscous and pinkish; terminally darkened; with a clear discal mark; transversely lined; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings weak; arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Thorax crested (front and rear). Middle tibiae without spines. Posterior tibiae without spines. Abdomen crested.
Living adults found June and July.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae posteriorly humped; feeding on foliage of Salix and Betula, also fern fronds; pupating in the soil.
General comments. Head and thorax dark brown, abdomen greyer.
British representation. 1 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (common); lucipara (Small Angle Shades).
Classification. Amphipyrinae.
Illustrations: • The British species, and 8 related genera. • Amphipyrinae: Kirby 36 (part) and 38 (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’.
