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Agrophila Boisduval, Erotyla Hübner
Adults. Face with a rounded prominence (this large, comprising much of the face). Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate. Labial palps medium; porrect to ascending.
Wingspan 20–25 mm. The thorax black and yellow, the abdomen coloured like the hindwings. Forewings yellow and black; complexly patterned; the patterning well marked (black-spotted, -streaked and -banded); reniform undefined; orbicular undefined; claviform undefined (the stigmata indistinguishable among the black spots and streaks). Hindwings fuscous; plain, or terminally darkened; without a clear discal mark; without transverse lines; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings strong; arising nearer to vein 4 than to vein 6; convergent on vein 4 near their bases. Thorax slightly crested (posteriorly). Middle tibiae without spines. Posterior tibiae with spines. Abdomen slightly, basally crested.
Living adults found June and August.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae feeding on Convolvulus arvensis; pupating on vegetative parts of the foodplant (or in nearby herbage, drawing leaves together).
British representation. 1 species; South-east England and English Midlands (Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge); trabealis (Spotted Sulphur).
Acontiinae.
Illustrations. • E. trabealis (Spotted Sulphur), with Heliothidinae and other Acontiinae: Newman. HELIOTHIDINAE. 1, Pyrrhia umbra (Bordered Sallow); 2, Helicoverpa armigera (Scarce Bordered Straw); 3, Heliothis viriplaca (Marbled Clover); 4, Heliothis peltigera (Bordered Straw). ACONTIINAE. 5, Lithacodia pygarga (Marbled White Spot); 6, Eustrotia uncula (Silver Hook); 7, Eublemma ostrina (Purple Marbled); 8, Eublemma parva (Small Marbled); 9, Acontia lucida (Pale Shoulder); 10, Deltote bankiana (Silver-Barred); 11, Emmelia trabealis (Spotted Sulphur). From Newman, 1869. • Acontiinae, Amphipyrinae, Hadeninae and Heliothidinae: Kirby. ACONTIINAE. 13, Acontia lucida (Pale Shoulder); 17, Eublemma minutata (Scarce Marbled); 18, Deltote bankiana (Silver Barred); 19, Eustrotia uncula (Silver Hook); 20, Lithacodia deceptoria (Pretty Marbled); 21, Lithacodia pygarga (Marbled White Spot); 22, EMMELIA trabealis (Spotted Sulphur). AMPHIPYRINAE. 5, Panemeria tenebrata (Small Yellow Underwing). HADENINAE. 3, Anarta myrtilli (Beautiful Yellow Underwing); 4, Anarta cordigera (Small Dark Yellow Underwing). HELIOTHIDINAE. 8. Heliothis viriplaca (Marbled Clover); 9, Protoschinia scutosa (Spotted Clover); 10, Heliothis peltigera (Bordered Straw); 11, Periphanes delphinii (Pease Blossom); 12, Pyrrhia umbra (Bordered Sallow) . CATOCALINAE. 28, Minucia lunaris (Lunar Double Stripe). Kirby 42.
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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’.
