Archive image from page 593 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( TINEINA [XENOLKCHIA stigmata black, raised, first discal much beyond plical; a similar spot in disc obliquely before plical, another on fold rather beyond first discal, and a third close beneath second discal. Hindwings considerably over 1, grey. Cheshire to Northumberland, common ; Holland, Germany ; 5, 6. Larva dull reddish, segmental incisions greenish; dots black ; head brown ; plate of 2 black, crcscentic, bisected : in silken gallery amongst shouts of Er
Archive image from page 593 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( TINEINA [XENOLKCHIA stigmata black, raised, first discal much beyond plical; a similar spot in disc obliquely before plical, another on fold rather beyond first discal, and a third close beneath second discal. Hindwings considerably over 1, grey. Cheshire to Northumberland, common ; Holland, Germany ; 5, 6. Larva dull reddish, segmental incisions greenish; dots black ; head brown ; plate of 2 black, crcscentic, bisected : in silken gallery amongst shouts of Erica cinerea; 6, 7. 2. X. humeralis, Z. (lyellella, Dbld.) 13-14 mm. Forewings ochrcous-whitish, often moro or less mixed or wholly suffused with fuscous, sometimes ochrcous-mixed ; a black mark along costa at base; stigmata large, black, very irregular, plical sometimes connected with costal mark,' first discal much beyond plical. Hindwings somewhat over 1, light grey. Britain to Caledonian Canal, local and not common; C. and S. Europe, Asia Minor; 7-4. 3. X. scalella, Sc. (aleella, F.) 13-14 mm. Forewings white; a transverse basal mark, a narrow oblique fascia at \, a triangular spot on middle of costa, a dot on fold below it, a spot on tornus, another on costa opposite, a dot between them, and an apical spot black. Hindwings 1, light grey. Kent and Hants to Hereford and Cambridge, local; Europe ; 5, 6. Larva said to feed on moss ; 8. 12. GeIjEChia, Hb. Labial palpi very long, second joint thickened with more or less rough scales beneath, some- times furrowed, terminal almost or quite as long as or longer than second. Forewings: 6 seldom out of 7 near base. Hindwings 1 or over 1, seldom under 1, trapezoidal, apex more or less pointed, termen more or less sinuate, cilia f-l|; 3 and 4 connate, 5 somewhat approxi- . mated, 6 and 7 closely approxi- VNW' mated or connate or stalked. A very large genus, uni- versally distributed; it may be regarded as a development of Hecurvaria. Im
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