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Mniophila.
Adults. Antennae of males simple; simply-ciliate.
The outer margin of the forewing convexly curved to more or less straight. Forewings grey, with darker median wavy lines, the termen bordered by a zigzag one and the fringe slightly spotted. Hindwings pale grey, paler than the forewings; predominantly pale grey; with a clear discal mark to without a clear discal mark; transversely lined (the lines indistinct).
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.
British representation. 1 species (adventive); South Wales. Living adults found July and August. T. sepiaria (Dusky Carpet, adventive).
Subfamily. Ennominae.
Illustrations. • Aethalura, Boarmia, Bupalus, Ectropis, Ematurga, Serraca, Tephronia: Newman. 1, Boarmia roboraria (Great Oak Beauty); 2, Serraca punctinalis (Pale Oak Beauty); 3, Tephronia sepiaria (Dusky Carpet); 4, Ectropis crepuscularia (Small Engrailed); 5, Ectropis bistortata (The Engrailed); 6, Ectropis consonaria (The Square-spot); 7, Ectropis similaria (Brindled White-spot); 8, Aethalura punctulata (Grey Birch); 9, Ematurga atomaria (Common Heath); 10a-c, Bupalus piniaria (Bordered White, male upper- and under-side and female). 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’.
