Archive image from page 374 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( pbmpelia] PHYCITIDAE 17-21 mm. Forewings ferruginous - ochreous, more or less suffusedly mixed with dull crimson and sometimes in disc with blackish ; costal half and sometimes a subbasal fascia suffusedly mixed with white; lines whitish, first dark-edged posteriorly, second on both sides ; two black transversely placed discal dots ; some indistinct blackish terminal dots. Hindwings fuscous or light fuscous, darker terminally. Britain to Perth, Ireland, common
Archive image from page 374 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( pbmpelia] PHYCITIDAE 17-21 mm. Forewings ferruginous - ochreous, more or less suffusedly mixed with dull crimson and sometimes in disc with blackish ; costal half and sometimes a subbasal fascia suffusedly mixed with white; lines whitish, first dark-edged posteriorly, second on both sides ; two black transversely placed discal dots ; some indistinct blackish terminal dots. Hindwings fuscous or light fuscous, darker terminally. Britain to Perth, Ireland, common; C. Europe; 7. Larva greenish-grey, dorsally yellowish-tinged ; dorsal and subdorsal lines darker; head and plate of 2 black : in silken galleries amongst Thymus; 6. 2. P. ornatella, Schiff. 21-25 mm. Forewings brownish- ochreous; veins and costa suffusedly fuscous, somewhat mixed with white; lines whitish, first interrupted, edged posteriorly with dark spots on veins, second almost straight; two dark fuscous suffusedly whitish-edged transversely placed discal dots. Hindwings fuscous or light fuscous. S. England to Gloucester and Norfolk, E. Ireland, local; 0. Europe, Asia Minor; 7, 8. Larva on Thymus ; 6. 4. Salebkia, Z. Face smooth. Antennae in <J ciliated, with sinuation above base, filled with dense projecting scales. Labial palpi moderately long, ascending, with tolerably appressed scales, terminal joint short, hardly pointed. Maxillary palpi in $ terminating in a long pencil of hairs, in $ moderate, filiform. Forewings: 4 and 5 approximated. Hindwings: cell not reaching middle, 4 and 5 stalked, 7 closely approximated or anastomosing with 8 to middle. A very large and universally distributed genus, derived from Nephopteryx. Imago with forewings elongate, more or less dilated posteriorly, costa slightly or gently arched. 1. Forewings with transverse lines . . .2. ,, without transverse lines . 2. scmirubella. 2. First line in middle . . .1. formosa. Nouration of Sahbr
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