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Adults. Head rough. Face without any conspicuous prominence. Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males triangular- dentate.
Wingspan 34–37 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen pale ochreous brown. Forewings dull ochreous-brown with darker markings; complexly patterned; the patterning well marked; reniform defined (weakly defined within a pale blotch); orbicular defined to undefined (hidden within a dark blotch); claviform undefined. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, or fuscous; conspicuously patterned (by virtue of a dark fuscous terminal band and an inner line); without a clear discal mark; transversely lined; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings weak; arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Thorax crested (front and rear). Middle tibiae without spines. Posterior tibiae without spines. Abdomen crested.
Living adults found in August.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae posteriorly rounded; feeding on grass caryopses; pupating in the soil.
British representation. 1 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, and Wales; ochroleuca (Dusky Sallow).
Amphipyrinae.
Illustrations. • E. ochroleuca (Dusky Sallow), with related genera: Newman. 1, Enargia paleacea (Angle-striped Sallow); 2, Parastichtis ypsillon (The Dismal, Dingy Shears); 3, Dicycla oo (The Heart Moth); 4, Mesoligia literosa (Rosy Minor); 5,(a)-(c), Mesoligia furuncula (Cloaked Minor); 6, Eremobia ochroleuca (Dusky Sallow); 7(a)-(c), Cosmia trapezina (The Dun-bar); 8, Cosmia affinis (Lesser-spotted Pinion); 9, Cosmia pyralina (Lunar-spotted Pinion); 10, Cosmia diffinis (White-spotted Pinion); 11, Hyppa rectilinea (The Saxon); 12(a)-(d), Oligia strigilis (Marbled Minor); 13, Oligia fasciuncula (Middle-barred Minor); 14(a)-(e), Mesapamea secalis (Common Rustic). From Newman, 1869. • E. ochroleuca (Dusky Sallow), with Cuculliinae, Amphipyrinae and Noctuinae: Kirby. CUCULLIINAE. 1, Dryobotodes eremita (Brindled Green); 2, Dichonia aprilina (Merveille-du-Jour); 3, Lamprosticta culta; 4, Meganephria bimaculosa (Double-spot Brocade); 5, Allophyes oxyacanthae (Green-brindled Crescent); 6, Valeria oleagina (Green Brindled Dot); 10, Blepharita satura (Beautiful Arches); 11, Eremobia ochroleuca (Dusky Sallow); 22, Hyppa rectilinea (Clouded Brocade); 23, Auchmis detersa. AMPHIPYRINAE. 7, Luperina testacea (Flounced Rustic); 8, Thalophila matura (Straw Underwing); 9, Calamia tridens virens (Burren Green); 12, Apamea lateritia (Scarce Brindle); 13, Apamea monoglypha (Dark Arches); 14, Apamea lithoxylaea (Light Arches); 15, Apamea sordens (Rustic Shoulder-knot); 16, Apamea crenata (Clouded-bordered Brindle); 17, Apamea remissa (Dusky Brocade); 18, Mesapamea secalis (Common Rustic); 19, Oligia strigilis (Marbled Minor); 20, Mesoligia furuncula (Cloaked Minor); 21, Dypterygia scabriuscula (Bird's Wing); 25, Callopistria juventina; 26, Polyphaenis sericata. NOCTUINAE. 24, Actinotia polyodon (Purple Cloud). From Kirby 40, 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’.
