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Adults. Head rough. Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate. Labial palps short to medium; porrect to ascending.
Wingspan 43–53 mm. Head and anterior thorax pale grey, posterior thorax darker, abdomen smoky grey. Forewings grey-green, with many sharply defined black markings and a few light ones; greenish and pale grey, or greenish and grey; greenish tinged; complexly patterned; the patterning well marked; reniform defined; orbicular defined; claviform defined. Hindwings fuscous; terminally darkened; with a clear discal mark to without a clear discal mark; transversely lined, or without transverse lines; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings strong (distally); arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Thorax crested (front and rear). Middle tibiae with spines. Posterior tibiae with spines. Abdomen not crested.
Living adults found June and July.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae posteriorly rounded; feeding on various, unrelated Dicot herbs and shrubs; pupating in the soil (near the surface).
British representation. 1 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland; A. prasina (Green Arches).
Noctuinae.
Illustrations. • Noctuinae: A. prasina (Green Arches) and related genera: Newman. 1(a)-(c), Peridroma saucia (Pearly Underwing); 2, ANAPLECTOIDES prasina (Green Arches); 3(a)-(f), Diarsia mendica mendica (Ingrailed Clay); 4, Diarsia dahlii (Barred Chestnut); 5, Naenia typica (The Gothic); 6, Diarsia rubi (Small Square-spot); 7, Diarsia brunnea (Purple Clay); 8(a) and (b), Eurois occulta (Great Brocade). From Newman (1869). • Noctuinae and Hadeninae: Kirby. NOCTUINAE. 1,Rhacia simulans (True Lover's Knot); 2, Acylia putris (Flame); 3, Agrotis exclamationis (Heart and Dart); 4, Euxoa tritica (White Line Dart); 5, Agrotis ipsilon (Dark Sword-grass); 6, Agrotis segetum (Common Dart, or Turnip Moth); 7, Agrotis vestigialis (Archer's Dart); 8, Ochropleura praecox (Portland Moth); 9, Anaplectoides prasina (Green Arches); 10, Eurois occulta (Great Brocade). HADENINAE. 11, Cerapteryx graminis (Antler Moth); 12, Tholera decimalis (Feathered Gothic); 13, Pacheta sagittigera (Feathered Ear); 14, Polia bombycina (Pale Shinibg Brown); 15, Polia trimaculosa (Silvery Arches); 16, Polia nebulosa (Grey Arches); 17, Lacanobia contigua (Beautiful Brocade); 18, Ceramica pisi (Broom Moth); 19, Mamestra brassicae (Cabbage Moth); 20, Melanchra persicariae (Dot). Freom Kirby 45.
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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-Noctuidae. Version: 14th February 2021. delta-intkey.com’.
