Archive image from page 449 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( I'YKALIDINA [aluoita 7, 8. Larva green; dorsal line broad, rosy, purplish-edged : on Inula and Pidicaria; 5, G. 8. Stenoptilia, lib. Face with horny prominence. Ocelli sometimes distinct. Labial palpi porrected, second joint with loose rough or appressed scales, terminal fili- form. Tibiae simple. Fore- wings cleft from about §; 8 and 9 stalked. llindwings trilid, third segment without black scales in dorsal cilia. A nearly cosmopolitan genus of some extent
Archive image from page 449 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( I'YKALIDINA [aluoita 7, 8. Larva green; dorsal line broad, rosy, purplish-edged : on Inula and Pidicaria; 5, G. 8. Stenoptilia, lib. Face with horny prominence. Ocelli sometimes distinct. Labial palpi porrected, second joint with loose rough or appressed scales, terminal fili- form. Tibiae simple. Fore- wings cleft from about §; 8 and 9 stalked. llindwings trilid, third segment without black scales in dorsal cilia. A nearly cosmopolitan genus of some extent. 1. Cilia of hindwings distinctly reddish . 1. pterodactyla. „ ,, not reddish . . .2. 2. Outer half of costal cilia white 2. zophodactyla. „ „ „ ,, not white 3. bipwnctidactyla. 1. S. pterodactyla, L. (fuscus, Retz.; fnscodactylus, Hw.) 21 - 24 mm. Forewings reddish - brown, lightor and more reddish dorsally, especially towards base, with a few blackish and whitish scales; extreme edge of costal cilia whitish; a blackish dot at base of fissure, and sometimes traces of a second above it; base of terminal cilia whitish dotted with black. Hindwings dark fuscous, reddish-tinged, third segment often lighter; cilia distinctly reddish. Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, common; Europe, Asia Minor, N. America; 7. Larva green or yellowish-green ; dorsal line darker or brown; subdorsal and lateral indistinct, grey-whitish ; head pale ochreous, reticulated with black: on Veronica chamaedrys ; 5, G. 2. S. zophodactyla, Dup. (Loewii, X.; Hodghmsoni, Gregs.) 18-20 mm. Forewings fuscous - grey, somewhat whitish- sprinkled, with some black scales posteriorly ; a blackish dot in disc at \, a second larger at base of fissure, and a third indistinct above and before second; outer half of costal cilia white; terminal cilia with an interrupted black subbasal line, llindwings dark fuscous. England to York, E. Ireland, local; C. and S. Europe, Asia Minor; 8,9. Larva yellowish-green or br
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