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Adults. Hindwings exhibiting vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings strong; arising nearer to vein 4 than to vein 6. Middle tibiae without spines.
British representation. 1 species. Status in Britain adventive, or alien (represented in Britain only by the (type!) specimen supposedly taken at Bristol “around 1900”). Central-southern England, South-west England; S. grandirena (Great Kidney).
Ophiderinae.
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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’.