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Anthophila Ochsenheimer, Eromene Hübner, Trothisa Hübner
Adults. Head smooth (with loosely appressed hairs or scales). Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate. Labial palps medium; ascending.
Wingspan 14–25 mm. Forewings whitish, ochreous, pale fuscous, or purplish grey; neither green nor greenish tinged; patterned transversely, or patterned transversely and longitudinally streaked, or complexly patterned; the patterning well marked, or obscure. Hindwings white to whitish, or whitish-fuscous, or fuscous, or ochreous; 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 not crested. Middle tibiae without spines. Posterior tibiae with spines. Abdomen not crested.
Living adults found June to August.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae feeding on Compositae (mainly the flowers) - Carlina, Inula, Gnaphalium, Antennaria.
British representation. 3 species (one adventive); South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, and Wales; minutata* (Scarce Marbled), ostrina (Purple Marbled), parva (Small Marbled).
Eustrotiinae.
Illustrations. • Eublemma ostrina (Purple Marbled: B. Ent. 140). • Eublemma ostrina: B. Ent. 140, legend+text. • Eublemma ostrina: B. Ent. 140, text cont.. • Eublemma parva (Small Marbled), 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). From 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’.
