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Coenotephria Prout.
Adults. Antennae of males bipectinate.
Wingspan 29–31 mm. The outer margin of the forewing slightly sigmoid-curved, or convexly curved. Forewings not predominantly green, yellow, or black; whitish to light grey, sprinkled and striated dark fuscous; with a clear discal mark (this blackish); with a distinct median band to without a median band (band undefined to somewhat darker). Hindwings plain; light grey, or greyish-whitish; with a clear discal mark (this grey); transversely lined (with grey posterior striae).
Vein 10 of the forewings arising independently of 9; arising independently, anastomosing with 11 and 9 to form a double areole. Hindwings exhibiting a tubular vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings arising from about the middle of the transverse vein, or arising from below the middle of the transverse vein (?). 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 stalked.
Posterior tibiae of males 4-spurred.
Early stages. Larvae feeding on Galium, Asperula.
British representation. 1 species; South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Living adults found June and July. N. salicata latentaria (Striped Twin-spot Carpet).
Subfamily. Larentiinae.
Illustrations. • Larentiinae: Nebula salicata (ssp. latentaria Curtis: Striped Twin-spot Carpet; B. Ent. 296). • Nebula salicata (ssp. latentaria Curtis: B. Ent. 296, legend+text). • British Epirrhoe, Costaconvexa, Camptogramma, Entephria, Larentia, Anticlea, Mesoleuca, Pelurga, Lampropteryx, Nebula, Cosmorhoe, Nebula: Newman 1869. 1, Epirrhoe tristata (Small Argent and Sable); 2, Epirrhoe alternata (Common Carpet); 3, Epirrhoe rivata (Wood Carpet); 4, Epirrhoe galiata (Galium Carpet); 5, Costaconvexa polygrammata (The Many-lined Moth); 6a and 6b, Camptogramma bilineata (The Yellow Shell); 7, Entephria caesiata (Grey Mountain Carpet); 8, Entephria flavicinctata (Yellow-ringed Carpet); 9, Cosmorhoe ocellata (The Purple Bar); 10, Anticlea badiata (The Shoulder Stripe); 11, Anticlea derivata (The Streamer); 12, Larentia clavaria (The Mallow); 13, Mesoleuca albicillata (The Beautiful Carpet); 14, Nebula salicata latentaria (Striped Twin-spot Carpet); 15, Pelurga comitata (The Dark Spinach); 16, Lampropteryx suffumata (The Water Carpet, (a) typical and (b), ab. piceata). From Newman (1869).
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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’.
