British Insects: Lepidoptera-Noctuidae Genera
British Insects: Lepidoptera-Noctuidae Genera | |
Unless indicated otherwise, the following attributes are implicit throughout the descriptions, except where the characters concerned are inapplicable.
Adults. Head without a frontal tuft. Head without a projecting, horny frontal plate. Face without any conspicuous prominence. Eyes not ciliated. Tongue well developed. Labial palps less than three times the diameter of the eyes.
Forewings neither shining-metallic nor with shining metallic effects. Retinaculum of males normal. The males with anterior tarsi; not fan-footed.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae not conspicuously hairy; without red markings. Ventral prolegs 8.
British representation. Status in Britain indigenous.
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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae. Version: 29th December 2011. http://delta-intkey.com’.