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Chariclea Curtis
Adults. Head rough. Face with a rounded prominence. Eyes glabrous; not ciliated. Antennae of males ciliate.
Wingspan 34–36 mm. Thorax and abdomen fuscous-greyish, like the hindwings. Forewings rosy-purplish and grey; purplish marked or tinged to rosy marked or tinged; patterned transversely, or complexly patterned (with light-edged, dark first and second lines, a pale terminal band, and hints of streaking); reniform defined; orbicular defined (the stigmata generally outlined rosy or grey, often separated by a pale mark); claviform undefined. Hindwings whitish, fuscous, and pinkish; terminally darkened (not contrasty, but with a terminal fuscous band and pinkish fuscous veins); with 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. Thorax not crested. Middle tibiae with spines. Posterior tibiae with spines. Abdomen not crested.
Living adults found May and June.
Larvae, pupae. Larvae feeding on Delphinium, Aconitum.
British representation. 1 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, and South-west England; delphinii (Pease Blossom).
Heliothinae.
Illustrations. • Heliothidinae: Periphanes delphinii (Pease-blossom: B. Ent. 76). • Periphanes delphinii: B. Ent. 76, legend. • 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. • Larvae and pupae of P. delphinii and Calophasia lunula: Duponchel and Guénée (1849). Noctuidae. 1, Periphanes delphinii (Pease Blossom). 2, Calophasia lunula (Toadflax Brocade). 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’.
