*SHOW British Entomology: Grass Moths (Pyralidae-Crambinae and 
Schoenobiinae). 
24 July 2010. 
 
*CHARACTER LIST 
 
#1. <synonyms:>/
 
#2. face <whether with conical prominence>/
       1. with a conical hairy prominence/
       2. without a conical hairy prominence/
 
#3. proboscis <functional or atrophied>/
       1. functional/
       2. atrophied/
 
#4. labial palps <porrected, relative length>/
       1. relatively very long <exceeding the head and thorax in
          length>/
       2. short <shorter than the head and thorax>/
 
#5. wingspan <centre of thorax to a forewing apex, X 2>/
       mm/
 
#6. the adults <sexual dimorphism>/
       1. conspicuously sexually dimorphic/
       2. not very sexually dimorphic/
 
#7. forewings <colour and patterning>/
 
#8. the <forewing> fringe <metallic or not>/
       1. glistening-metallic/
       2. not glistening-metallic/
 
#9. the <forewing> fringe <whether chequered>/
       1. conspicuously chequered/
       2. somewhat chequered/
       3. not chequered <<implicit>>/
 
#10. forewing apices <rounded or pointed>/
       1. rounded/
       2. pointed/
 
#11. <forewing> termen <sinuate or not>/
       1. sinuate/
       2. non-sinuate/
 
#12. forewing of the male <semitransparent patch>/
       1. with a semitransparent patch in the cell towards the base/
       2. without a semitransparent patch in the cell/
 
#13. ground colour of the forewings/
       1. whitish/
       2. ochreous/
       3. brown/
       4. grey/
       5. light fuscous/
       6. dark fuscous/
 
#14. forewings <forewings, extent of patterning>/
       1. <more or less> plain/
       2. inconspicuously patterned/
       3. conspicuously patterned with contrasting colours/
 
#15. the <forewing> patterning <simple or complex>/
       1. complex/
       2. simple/
 
#16. the <forewing> patterning <nature>/
       1. restricted to longitudinal streaking/
       2. restricted to transverse markings/
       3. comprising both longitudinal streaking and transverse
          markings/
       4. consisting of dark dots/
 
#17. forewings <presence of a median line>/
       1. with a median line <describe>/
       2. without a median line/
 
#18. forewings <whether postmedianly or subterminally transversely
          dark-lined>/
       1. transversely dark-lined towards the termen/
       2. not transversely dark-lined towards the termen/
 
#19. the subterminal lines <whether white-edged>/
       1. conspicuously white-edged/
       2. not white-edged/
 
#20. forewings <whether with a strong white median streak>/
       1. with a strong white median streak <to 3/4 or beyond>/
       2. without a strong white median streak/
 
#21. the median streak <of the forewing, whether interrupted>/
       1. interrupted by a cross-bar/
       2. without a cross-bar/
 
#22. forewings <whether with white markings at or towards apex>/
       1. with a conspicuous white apical mark <but no costal one
          nearby>/
       2. with both a conspicuous white apical mark and a costal one
          nearby/
       3. without conspicuous white marks at or near the apex/
 
#23. forewings <whether with scattered large black scales>/
       1. with scattered large black scales/
       2. without a scattering of large black scales/
 
#24. forewing vein 7 <origin>/
       1. arising from vein 8/
       2. free/
 
#25. hindwings <colour>/
       1. white/
       2. whitish/
       3. ochreous whitish/
       4. ochreous grey/
       5. pale fuscous/
       6. pale grey/
       7. dark grey/
       8. dark fuscous/
 
#26. hindwings <patterning>/
       1. plain <excluding any fine dark terminal line at the base of
          the fringe>/
       2. suffused whitish/
       3. suffused grey/
       4. with a subterminal dark line/
       5. with a subterminal dark line and fuscous termen/
 
#27. hindwings <colour and patterning>/
 
#28. <geographical restriction in Britain>/
       1. found only in southern England <e.g., mainland-european
          immigrants>/
       2. widespread <not restricted to southern England>/
 
#29. <broad geographical range in the British Isles>/
       1. England/
       2. Wales/
       3. Scotland/
       4. Ireland/
 
#30. occurring <habitats>/
       1. in coastal locations/
       2. inland/
 
#31. <habitat restrictions <to be qualified>>/
       1. in wet places <associated with helophytes>/
       2. mesophytic habitats/
       3. dry places/
 
#32. British species:/
 
#33. adults abroad <months when living adults may be found>/
       1. January/
       2. February/
       3. March/
       4. April/
       5. May/
       6. June/
       7. July/
       8. August/
       9. September/
       10. October/
       11. November/
       12. December/
 
#34. adults <whether hibernating>/
       1. hibernating/
       2. not hibernating/
 
#35. larvae feeding on/
       1. <living> monocots/
       2. <living> mosses/
       3. stored products or dead vegetation/
 
#36. larvae feeding on <monocots>/
       1. Poaceae/
       2. Cyperaceae/
       3. \i{}Typha\i0{}/
 
#37. <distribution and habitats>/
 
#38. <Subfamily>/
       1. Crambinae/
       2. Schoenobiinae/
 
#39. <general comments:>/
 
#40. <abbreviated taxon name:>/
 
#41. <illustrations>/
