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Scopelosoma Curtis, Mecoptera Guenée
Adults. Head rough. Eyes glabrous; ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate.
Wingspan 40–48 mm. Head and thorax coloured like the forewings, the abdomen paler reddish-grey. Forewings reddish brown; reddish brown; patterned transversely; the patterning well marked (with several dark lines); reniform defined (often indicated by a conspicuous white spot); orbicular undefined; claviform undefined. Hindwings fuscous, or grey, or grey and pinkish (smoky, sometimes rosy tinged); plain; with a clear discal mark to without a clear discal mark; without transverse lines; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings weak; arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Posterior tibiae without spines. Abdomen not crested.
Living adults found October to December, or January to March (hibernating).
Larvae, pupae. Larvae posteriorly rounded; feeding on Quercus, Ulmus and Fagus, and consuming other caterpillars; 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 (common); transversa (The Satellite).
Acronictinae.
Illustrations. • Eupsilia transversa (The Satellite): B. Ent. 635. • Eupsilia transversa: B. Ent. 635, legend+text. • Eupsilia transversa: B. Ent. 635, text cont.. • E. transversa and and 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). • E. transversa, with other Cuculliinae: Kirby. CUCULLIINAE. 1, Xanthia gilvago (Dusky Lemon Sallow); 2, Jodia croceago (Orange Upper-wing); 3, “Mecoptera fragariae”, = ?; 4, Conistra erythrocephala (Red-headed Chestnut); 5, “Orrhodia silene”, = ?; 6, Conistra vacciniae (Chestnut); 7, Conistra rubiginea (Dotted Chestnut); 8, Eupsilia transversa (Satellite); 10, Lithophane socia (Pale Pinion); 11, Lithophane furcifera; 12, Lithophane ornitopus (Grey Shoulder-knot); 13, Xylena vetusta (Red Sword-Grass); 14, Xylena exsoleta (Sword-Grass); 15, Lithomoia solidaginis (Golden-rod Brindle); 17, Brachionycha nebulosa (Rannoch Sprawler); 18, Brachionycha sphinx (Sprawler); 19, Calophasia opalina; 20, Calophasia lunula (Toadflax Brocade). OPHIDERINAE. 9, Scoliopteryx libatrix (Herald). From Kirby 37, with updated names.
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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’.
