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Poecilophasia.
Adults. Antennae of males simple (stout); fasciculate-ciliate. Face smooth.
Wingspan 24–28 mm. The outer margin of the forewing convexly curved. Forewings white or ochreous-white, with contrasty, dark fuscous costal, terminal and sometimes median bands and/or blotches; without a clear discal mark; with a distinct median band (sometimes, the band very dark), or without a median band. Forewings of the male without a fovea. Hindwings very conspicuously patterned (usually), or plain (when the dark markings are missing); white or ochreous-white, usually with a dark fuscous marginal band and a blotch at the anal angle, sometimes also with a dark median transverse band; without a clear discal mark; without transverse lines, or transversely lined (when there is a dark median band representing a line).
Hindwings lacking a tubular vein 5. Vein 8 of the hindwings approximated to or anastomosed with the upper margin of the cell to the middle or beyond. Hindwing veins 6 and 7 separate.
Posterior tibiae of males 4-spurred.
Early stages. Larvae feeding on Salix.
British representation. 1 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Living adults found May to July. L. marginata (Clouded Border).
Subfamily. Ennominae.
Illustrations. • British Abraxas, Ligdia, Lomaspilis and Semiothisa: Newman. 1a, Abraxas grossulariata (Magpie or Currant Moth, typical form); 1b-e, Abraxas grossulariata, varieties; 2, Abraxas sylvata (Scarce or Clouded Magpie); 3, Ligdia adustata (Scorched Carpet); 4a-d, Lomaspilis marginata (Clouded Border); 5, Semiothisa alternaria (Sharp-angled Peacock); 6, Semiothisa notata (Peacock Moth); 7, Semiothisa carbonaria (Netted Mountain Moth); 8, Semiothisa liturata (Tawny-barred Angle); 9, Semiothisa wauaria (V-moth); 10, Semiothisa clathrata (Latticed Heath); 11, Semiothisa pinetaria (Rannoch Looper). From Newman, 1869. • L. marginata (Clouded Border), with other Sterrhinae: Kirby 45. STERRHINAE. 1, Scopula marginepunctata (Mullein Wave); 2, Scopula nigropunctata (Sub-angled Wave); 3, Scopula ornata (Lace Border); 4, Scopula decorata; 5, Problepsis ocellata; 6, Cyclophora pendularia (Birch Mocha); 7, Cyclophora annularia (Mocha); 8, Cyclophora porata (False Mocha); 9, Cyclophora punctaria (Maiden's Blush); 10, Cyclophora linearia (Clay Triple-lines); 11, Timandra comae (Blood-vein); 12, Rhodostrophia vibicaria; 13, Rhodostrophia calabraria; 14, Arichanna melanaria; 15, Abraxas grossulariata (Magpie Moth); 16, Abraxas pantaria (Panther); 17, Abraxas sylvata (Scarce or Clouded Magpie); 18, Ligdia adustata (Scorched Carpet); 19, Lomaspilis marginata (Clouded Border); 20, Lomographa bimaculata (White-pinion Spotted); 21, Lomographa temerata (Clouded Silver); 22, Cabera pusaria (Common White Wave); 23, Cabera exanthemata (Common Wave); 24, Plagodis pulveraria (Barred Umber); 25, Pungeleria capreolaria; 26, Hylaea fasciaria (Barred Red); 27, Campaea margaritata (Light Emerald). From Kirby 45, with updated names.
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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. Insects of Britain and Ireland: the genera of Lepidoptera-Geometridae. Version: 14th February 2021. delta-intkey.com’.
