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Adults. Eyes ciliated.
Hindwings exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings weak; arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4. Posterior tibiae without spines.
British representation. 1 species (adventive). Status in Britain adventive, or alien (represented by an unconfirmed 1917 record from near Epping). South-east England; S. pulla (Ash Shoulder-knot).
Cuculliinae.
Illustrations. • Scotochrosta pulla (Ash Shoulder-knot), with other noctuids: Hübner. Noctuidae. 236 (female) and 237 (male), Egira conspicillaris (The Silver Cloud); 238, SCOTOCHROSTA PULLA (The Ash Shoulder-knot); 239. cf. Lithophane petrificosa; 240, Apamea lithoxylaea (Light Arches). From Hübner, Plate 49.
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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’.
