| | Insects of Britain and Ireland: the genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae |
Adults. Head rough. Face without any conspicuous prominence. Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate. Labial palps ascending.
Wingspan 36–48 mm. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings fuscous and blackish; fuscous and blackish; neither green nor greenish tinged; neither purplish nor rosy marked or tinged; complexly patterned; the patterning well marked (conspicuously light-reticulated and dark-marbled); reniform defined; orbicular defined; claviform undefined. Hindwings dark fuscous; plain; without a clear discal mark; without transverse lines; exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings strong (distally); arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Thorax crested (front and rear). Middle tibiae with spines. Posterior tibiae with spines. Abdomen not crested.
Living adults found June and July.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae posteriorly rounded; feeding on foliage of diverse Dicot herbs, shrubs and trees; pupating in the soil (near the surface).
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); typica (The Gothic).
Noctuinae.
Illustrations. • Noctuinae: N. typica (Gothic) and 4 related genera: Newman. 1(a)-(c), Peridroma saucia (Pearly Underwing); 2, Anaplectoides prasina (Green Arches); 3(a)-(f), Diarsia mendica mendica (Ingrailed Clay); 4, Diarsia dahlii (Barred Chestnut); 5, NAENIA typica (The Gothic); 6, Diarsia rubi (Small Square-spot); 7, Diarsia brunnea (Purple Clay); 8(a) and (b), Eurois occulta (Great Brocade). From Newman (1869). • Larva and pupa of N. typica (Gothic): Duponchel and Guénée (1849). Noctuidae. Naenia typica (Gothic). Duponchel and Guénée, 1849.
We advise against extracting comparative information from the descriptions. This is much more easily achieved using the DELTA data files or the interactive key, which allows access to the character list, illustrations, full and partial descriptions, diagnostic descriptions, differences and similarities between taxa, lists of taxa exhibiting or lacking specified attributes, and distributions of character states within any set of taxa. See also Guidelines for using data taken from Web publications.
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’.
