. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. TIN KIN A [exaeretia 1. E. allisella, Stt. 20-21 mm. Forewings reddish-grey, irregularly and sufFusedly irroratcd with whitish.; a cloudy ferruginous fascia from middle of costa to tornus, marked with a dark fuscous spot in middle, and edged anteriorly with whitish suffusion. Hindwings pale yellowish-grey. Kent, Surrey, Norfolk, Cheshire to Cumberland, local; Germany, Finland; 7. Larva greyish-green, dorsally reddish- tinged; spots dark grey; head yellow-brown : in stems and roots of Artemisia vulgaris; 10-5. 10. Depressaria, Hw. Tongue develop
. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. TIN KIN A [exaeretia 1. E. allisella, Stt. 20-21 mm. Forewings reddish-grey, irregularly and sufFusedly irroratcd with whitish.; a cloudy ferruginous fascia from middle of costa to tornus, marked with a dark fuscous spot in middle, and edged anteriorly with whitish suffusion. Hindwings pale yellowish-grey. Kent, Surrey, Norfolk, Cheshire to Cumberland, local; Germany, Finland; 7. Larva greyish-green, dorsally reddish- tinged; spots dark grey; head yellow-brown : in stems and roots of Artemisia vulgaris; 10-5. 10. Depressaria, Hw. Tongue developed. Antennae |, in $ simple, basal joint with pecten. Labial palpi very long, second joint with dense roughly projecting scales and furrowed beneath, terminal shorter. Thorax sometimes crested. Abdomen flattened. Forewings: 2 and 3 sometimes stalked, 7 to costa or apex. Hindwings 1, oblong-ovate, cilia about \; 3 and 4 connate or short-stalked. A very large genus, yet al- most wholly confined to temper- ate regions of the Northern hemisphere, and mainty char- acteristic of Europe. Imago with forewings elongate-oblong or elongate, apex usually obtuse or rounded, termen little oblique. Larva usually feeding in rolled or spun leaves, especially on Umhelliferae and Compositae. Many of the species hibernate in the imago state, and these arc particularly fond of concealing themselves in thatch. 1. Forewings with 2 and 3 stalked . .2. „ „ 2 and 3 remote . . 26. 2. Forewings with blackish dot near base of dorsum 25. rottcndella. ,, without such dot . .3. 3. First discal stigma obliquely preceded by a black dot, sometimes confluent to form a curved mark 4. First discal stigma single, dot-like . 20. 4. Head and thorax white . 18. alstroemeriana. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Meyrick, Edward, 1854
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