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Adults. Head rough. Eyes glabrous; ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate.
Wingspan 32–40 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen pale grey. Forewings grey, or less often olive greenish, with dark markings; greenish, or pale grey, or grey, or olive green; neither purplish nor rosy marked or tinged; complexly patterned; the patterning well marked; reniform defined; orbicular defined; claviform defined. Hindwings white (male), or whitish to whitish-fuscous (female); fairly plain (but with two small, terminal grey fasciae); with a clear discal mark; transversely lined to without transverse lines; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings weak; arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Thorax crested (prominently anteriorly). Posterior tibiae without spines. Abdomen crested.
Living adults found July to September.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae posteriorly rounded to posteriorly tapered; feeding on various, unrelated Dicot herbs and shrubs; pupating in the soil.
British representation. 1 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (commoner northwards); A. chi (Grey Chi).
Cuculliinae.
Illustrations. • A. chi (Grey Chi) and 8 related genera: Newman. 1(a), Blepharita satura (Beautiful Brocade); 1(b), Blepharita adusta (Dark Brocade); 2, Polymixis flavicincta (Large Ranunculus); 3, Polymixis xanthomista xanthomista (The Black-banded); 4, Parastichtis suspecta (The Suspected); 5(a)-(c), ANTITYPE chi (Grey Chi); 6(a) and (b), Eupsilia transversa (The Satellite); 7(a) and (b), Eumichtis lichenea (Feathered Ranunculus); 8, Jodia croceago (Orange Upper-wing); 9, Conistra vaccinii (The Chestnut); 10, Conistra ligula (Dark Chestnut); 11, Conistra rubiginea (Dotted Chestnut); 12, Conistra erythrocephala (Red-headed Chestnut); 13(a) and (b), Omphaloscelis lunosa (Lunar Underwing). From Newman (1869). • Hadeninae and Cuculliinae: Kirby. HADENINAE. 1, Lacanobia thalassina (Pale-shouldered Brocade); 2, Lacanobia suasa (Dog's Tooth); 3, Lacanobia oleracea (Bright-line Brown-eye); 4, Lacanobia w-latinum (Light Brocade); 5, Hada plebeja (Shears); 6, Dicestra trifolii (Nutmeg); 7, Heliophobus reticulata; 8, Hecatera dysodea (Ranunculus Moth); 9, Hecatera bicolorata (Broad-barred White); 10, Hadena caesia; 11, Hadena confusa (Marbled Coronet); 12, Hadena compta; 13, Hadena bicruris (Lychnis); 14, Hadena rivularis (Campion Moth); 15, Hadena perplexa (Tawny Shears); 16, Hadena irregularis; 17, “Episema trimacula”, cf. E. tersa. CUCULLIINAE. 18, Aporophyla nigra (Black Rustic); 19, Ammoconia caecimacula; 20, Polymixis polymita; 21, Polymixis flavicincta (Large Ranunculus); 22, Antitype chi (Grey Chi). From Kirby 39, with names updated.
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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’.
