*SHOW British Entomology: The Genera of Noctuidae (illustrated from 
classic works) 
- 25th April 2005. 
 
*CHARACTER LIST 
 
#1. <synonyms:>/
 
#2. head <indumentum, rough or smooth, exclusive of any frontal tuft>/
       1. rough <haired or scaled - denotes scaled unless stated
          otherwise>/
       2. smooth/
 
#3. head <whether exhibiting a frontal tuft>/
       1. with a frontal tuft/
       2. without a frontal tuft <<dubiously implicit>>/
 
#4. head <presence of horny frontal plate>/
       1. with a projecting, triangular horny frontal plate (concealed
          in dense scales)/
       2. with a projecting, quadrangular horny frontal plate (concealed
          in dense scales)/
       3. without a projecting, horny frontal plate <<dubiously
          implicit>>/
 
#5. face <prominences>/
       1. with a rounded prominence/
       2. with a small truncate-conical prominence having a raised rim/
       3. without any conspicuous prominence <<dubiously implicit>>/
 
#6. eyes <surface, hairy or glabrous>/
       1. hairy/
       2. glabrous/
 
#7. eyes <whether with a marginal row of long cilia>/
       1. ciliated <with a marginal row of long cilia curving over
          them>/
       2. not ciliated <<dubiously implicit>>/
 
#8. antennae of males <form>/
       1. simple/
       2. ciliate/
       3. <unilaterally> dentate <including serrate>/
       4. bipectinate/
 
#9. tongue <development>/
       1. <short and> poorly developed/
       2. well developed <<dubiously implicit>>/
 
#10. labial palps <size>/
       1. short/
       2. medium/
       3. long/
 
#11. labial palps <size relative to diameter of eyes>/
       1. at least three times as long as the diameter of the eyes/
       2. less than three times the diameter of the eyes <<implicit>>/
 
#12. labial palps <carriage>/
       1. drooping/
       2. porrect <pointing forward, beak-like>/
       3. ascending/
 
#13. wingspan <centre of thorax to tip of forewing, multiplied by 2>/
       mm/
 
#14. <colouring of head, thorax and abdomen>/
 
#15. forewings <pervasive colour: general impression when viewed at
          about 40 cm in good natural light> <<for descriptions>>/
 
#16. forewings <pervasive colour of upper side> <<for keys only>>/
       1. white/
       2. whitish/
       3. pale ochreous/
       4. ochreous/
       5. cream/
       6. yellow/
       7. orange/
       8. purple, purplish, red, pinkish or rosy/
       9. olive brown <yellowish brown to yellowish green>/
       10. olive green <deep yellowish green>/
       11. greenish/
       12. green/
       13. light brown/
       14. brown/
       15. reddish brown <including brick-red>/
       16. pale fuscous/
       17. fuscous/
       18. pale grey/
       19. grey/
       20. blackish/
       21. black/
 
#17. forewings <whether green or with a green or greenish component>
          <<for keys only>>/
       1. green/
       2. greenish tinged/
       3. neither green nor greenish tinged <<implicit>>/
 
#18. forewings <whether purplish or rosy marked or tinged> <<for keys
          only>>/
       1. purplish marked or tinged/
       2. rosy marked or tinged/
       3. neither purplish nor rosy marked or tinged <<implicit>>/
 
#19. forewings <patterning, exclusive of stigmata>/
       1. plain/
       2. <predominantly> patterned transversely/
       3. <predominantly> longitudinally streaked/
       4. complexly patterned/
 
#20. the patterning <of the forewings, conspicuousness>/
       1. well marked/
       2. obscure/
 
#21. forewings patterned <marked lighter or darker>/
       1. lighter/
       2. darker/
       3. lighter and darker/
       4. in contrasting colours/
 
#22. forewings <whether metallic (on the upper surface)>/
       1. predominantly shining-metallic <brassy, bronze, coppery,
          silvery>/
       2. exhibiting metallic-enamelled effects/
       3. neither shining-metallic nor with shining metallic effects
          <<implicit>>/
 
#23. reniform <of the forewings, presence>/
       1. defined/
       2. undefined/
 
#24. orbicular <of the forwings, presence>/
       1. defined/
       2. undefined/
 
#25. claviform <of the forewings, presence>/
       1. defined/
       2. undefined/
 
#26. hindwings <ground colour>/
       1. white/
       2. whitish/
       3. whitish-fuscous/
       4. fuscous <grey-brown>/
       5. grey/
       6. whitish brownish/
       7. brownish/
       8. ochreous/
       9. yellowish/
       10. yellow/
       11. orange/
       12. coppery/
       13. red/
       14. pinkish <rosy tinged>/
       15. lilac/
       16. blackish/
 
#27. hindwings <patterning of upper surface>/
       1. <more or less> plain <including suffusion, sprinkling, etc.>/
       2. terminally darkened/
       3. conspicuously patterned <lined, spotted, banded, streaked,
          etc.>/
 
#28. <the upper surfaces of the hindwings, whether exhibiting a discal
          mark:>/
       1. with a clear <pigmented> discal mark/
       2. without a clear discal mark/
 
#29. <the upper surfaces of the hindwings, whether exhibiting transverse
          lines:>/
       1. transversely lined <lines detectable, continuous, or dotted>/
       2. without transverse lines/
 
#30. hindwings <presence or absence of vein 5 (M2)>/
       1. exhibiting vein 5 <M2>/
       2. lacking vein 5 <M2>/
 
#31. vein 5 <M2> of the hindwings <strong or weak>/
       1. strong/
       2. weak/
 
#32. vein 5 <M2> of the hindwings <origin relative to 4(M3) and 6(M1)>/
       1. arising nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4 <hindwing trifid>/
       2. arising nearer to vein 4 than to vein 6 <hindwing quadrifid>/
 
#33. vein 5 <M2> of the hindwings <convergent or parallel with vein 4>/
       1. <more or less> parallel with vein 4/
       2. convergent on vein 4 near their bases/
 
#34. retinaculum of males <shape>/
       1. represented by a sub-median tuft of hairs/
       2. normal <<implicit>>/
 
#35. thorax <whether crested>/
       1. crested <state location>/
       2. not crested/
 
#36. thorax <degree of hairiness beneath>/
       1. densely hairy beneath/
       2. thinly hairy beneath/
 
#37. the males <presence of anterior tarsi>/
       1. with anterior tarsi <<implicit>>/
       2. lacking anterior tarsi/
 
#38. the males <whether fan-footed>/
       1. conspicuously fan-footed, via a long, expansible hair-pencil
          on each anterior tibia/
       2. not fan-footed <<implicit>>/
 
#39. middle tibiae <with or without spines>/
       1. with spines/
       2. without spines/
 
#40. posterior tibiae <with or without spines>/
       1. with spines/
       2. without spines/
 
#41. posterior tibiae <rough- or smooth-scaled>/
       1. rough-scaled/
       2. with appressed scales/
 
#42. abdomen <whether crested>/
       1. crested/
       2. not crested/
 
#43. living adults found <months>/
       1. January/
       2. February/
       3. March/
       4. April/
       5. May/
       6. June/
       7. July/
       8. August/
       9. September/
       10. October/
       11. November/
       12. December/
 
#44. larvae <hairiness>/
       1. conspicuously hairy/
       2. not conspicuously hairy <<implicit>>/
 
#45. larvae <whether with red makings>/
       1. with red markings/
       2. without red markings <<implicit>>/
 
#46. ventral <larval> prolegs <number - excluding anal claspers>/
       1. 4 <i.e., 2 pairs>/
       2. 6 <3 pairs>/
       3. 8 <4 pairs - the usual state> <<implicit>>/
 
#47. larvae <shape>/
       1. posteriorly humped/
       2. posteriorly rounded/
       3. posteriorly tapered/
 
#48. larvae feeding on <foodplants>/
 
#49. larvae <feeding habits>/
 
#50. larvae pupating <location>/
       1. on vegetative parts of the foodplant/
       2. within the stems of the foodplant/
       3. in or under bark or rotten wood/
       4. on the surface of the ground/
       5. in the soil/
 
#51. <number of species in Britain, including adventives>/
       species/
 
#52. status in Britain/
       1. indigenous <<implicit>>/
       2. breeding immigrants <not normally surviving the winter>/
       3. vagrant/
       4. colonist/
       5. adventive <accidental, transient introduction>/
       6. alien <probably unjustifiably included in British checklists>/
 
#53. <distribution in the British Isles:>/
       1. South-east England <East of 0.20' to 52.00' N.>/
       2. Central-southern England <0.20'-2.40' West, to 52.00' N.>/
       3. South-west England <West of 2.40' W., to 52.00' N.>/
       4. English Midlands <52.00-53.20' N., .20'-2.40' West>/
       5. Northern England <53.20'-55.20'>/
       6. Southern Scotland/
       7. Northern Scotland/
       8. Wales/
       9. Ireland/
 
#54. <world distribution of non-indigenous genera>/
 
#55. <species list (scientific and common names):>/
 
#56. <tribe, Bradley 2000>/
       1. Noctuinae/
       2. Hadeninae/
       3. Cuculliinae/
       4. Acronictinae/
       5. Bryophilinae/
       6. Amphipyrinae/
       7. Stiriinae/
       8. Heliothinae/
       9. Eustrotiinae/
       10. Acontiinae/
       11. Eariadinae/
       12. Chloephorinae/
       13. Pantheinae/
       14. Plusiinae/
       15. Catocalinae/
       16. Ophiderinae/
       17. Rivulinae/
       18. Hypeninae/
       19. Strepsimaninae/
       20. Herminiinae/
 
#57. <general comments>/
 
#58. abbreviated taxon name:/
 
#59. <illustrations:>/
