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Bradyepetes.
Adults. Crepuscular and nocturnal. Antennae of males bipectinate; apically simple. Face smooth.
The outer margin of the forewing convexly curved, or sigmoid-curved. Forewings whitish-ochreous; with a clear discal mark (this grey, linear); traversed by a conspicuous, oblique red stripe (this continued to near the middle of the inner margin of the hindwings). The outer margin of the hindwings angled. Hindwings conspicuously patterned; whitish-ochreous; without a clear discal mark; transversely lined (with spectacular red median and marginal lines).
Vein 10 of the forewings arising out of vein 9. Hindwings exhibiting a tubular vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings arising from about the middle of the transverse vein. Vein 8 of the hindwings shortly anastomosed basally with the upper margin of the cell, thence rapidly diverging. Hindwing veins 6 and 7 stalked.
Posterior tibiae of males 4-spurred (likewise the female).
Early stages. Larvae feeding on Polygonaceae and Chenopodiaceae.
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 June and July. T. comae (The Blood-vein).
Subfamily. Sterrhinae.
General comments. Comparisons of Newman, Meyrick and Edelsten et al. with the Bradley et al. (1972) edition of Kloet and Hincks's check list reveal horrendous nomenclatural confusion over Timandra, Cyclophora, Colothysanis and Scopula; see especially the Blood-vein and the Maiden's Blush, for which identical nomenclatural combinations have been freely interchanged.
Illustrations. • T comae (The Blood-vein), 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. • T. comae (The Blood-vein), with other Sterrhinae: Newman (1869). 1, Cyclophora pendularia (Dingy Mocha); 2, Cyclophora annularia (The Mocha); 3, Cyclophora albipunctata (Birch Mocha); 4, Cyclophora porata (False Mocha); 5, Cyclophora punctaria (The Maiden's Blush); 6, Cyclophora linearia (The Clay Triple-lines); 7, Timandra comae (The Blood-vein); 8, Rhodometra sacraria (The Vestal). 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’.
