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Anepia Hampson, Dianthesia, Dianthoecia Boisduval, Epia Hübner, Harmodia Hübner, Miselia Ochsenheimer, Zeteolyga Billberg
Adults. Head rough. Eyes hairy; not ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate.
Wingspan 27–42 mm. Thorax coloured and marked like the forewings, the abdomen coloured like the hindwings. Forewings grey, fuscous, or ochreous, darker patterned and sometimes purple tinged; complexly patterned; the patterning well marked; reniform defined; orbicular defined; claviform defined to undefined. Hindwings light to dark fuscous, or whitish-fuscous, or grey; plain, or terminally darkened; with a clear discal mark, or without a clear discal mark (mostly); transversely lined (with varying degrees of distinctness), or without transverse lines; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings weak; arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Thorax crested (front and back). Posterior tibiae without spines (?). Abdomen more or less crested.
Living adults found May to August.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae posteriorly rounded to posteriorly tapered; feeding on mainly Caryophyllaceae, often on the flowers and fruits; pupating on the surface of the ground, or in the soil.
British representation. 8 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Northern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland; albimacula (The White Spot), bicruris (The Lychnis), caesia mananii (The Grey), compta (The Varied Coronet), confusa (The Marbled Coronet), irregularis (The Viper's Bugloss), luteago barrettii (Barrett’s Marbled Coronet), perplexa (The Tawny Shears), rivularis (The Campion).
Hadeninae.
Illustrations. • 10 British Hadena species, with Panolis and Egira: Newman. 1(a)-(e), Hadena perplexa (Tawny Shears, various forms); 2, Hadena perplexa capsophila (The Pod lover); 3, Hadena caesia mananii (The Grey); 4, Hadena rivularis (The Campion); 5(a) and (b), Hadena confusa (Marbled Coronet); 6(a), Hadena bicruris (The Lychnis, typical form); 6(b), Hadena bicruris (unusual variety); 7(a) and (b), Hadena luteago barrettii (Barrett's Marbled Coronet); 7*, Hadena irregularis (Viper's Bugloss); 8(a) and (b), Hadena albimacula (The White Spot); 9(a)-(c), Egira (The Silver Cloud); 10, Panolis flammea (Pine Beauty). From Newman. • 7 species, with 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. • Hadeninae (Hadena, Brithys): Kirby. HADENINAE. 15, Brithys crini (Kew Arches); 18, Hadena perplexa; 19, Hadena luteago luteago (a Mainland European form of the species). From Kirby 52. • Hadeninae: Hadena rivularis (The Campion: B. Ent. 308). • Hadeninae: Hadena rivularis: B. Ent., legend+text. • Hadeninae: Hadena rivularis: B. Ent. 308, text cont.. • Larvae and pupae of H. bicruris, H. confusa, H. albimacula: Duponchel and Guénée (1849). Noctuidae. 1, H. bicruris (Lychnis). 2, H. confusa (Marbled Coronet). 3, H. albimacula (White Spot). Duponchel and Guénée, 1849.
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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’.
