*SHOW British Entomology: The genera of \i{}Pterophoridae\i0{} and 
\i{}Alucitidae\i0{}. 
7 July 2010. 
 
*CHARACTER LIST 
 
#1. <synonyms:>/
 
#2. face <ornamentation>/
       1. tufted/
       2. with a horny prominence/
       3. smooth (neither tufted nor with a horny prominence)/
 
#3. labial palps <carriage>/
       1. porrected/
       2. sub-ascending/
       3. ascending/
 
#4. collar <colour>/
 
#5. thorax <colour>/
 
#6. tibiae <whether simple or thickened with scales at the bases of the spurs>/
       1. simple/
       2. thickened with scales at the origins of the spurs/
 
#7. wing-span <centre thorax to wing apex, X 2>/
       mm/
 
#8. forewings <entire or cleft>/
       1. entire/
       2. conspicously cleft/
 
#9. forewings <when cleft, number of segments>/
       1. 2-segmented/
       2. 6-segmented/
 
#10. forewings cleft <depth of cleft>/
       1. from before the middle/
       2. from about the middle/
       3. from beyond the middle/
 
#11. the <forewing> lower <second> lobe <shape>/
       1. tapering distally or more or less parallel-sided/
       2. expanded towards the apex/
 
#12. forewings <whether conspicuously patterned>/
       1. conspicuously patterned with contrasting bars or fasciae/
       2. relatively plain or merely dotted/
 
#13. forewings <colour and patterning>/
 
#14. forewings <predominant colour, including the fringes>/
       1. white/
       2. yellowish whitish/
       3. whitish ochreous/
       4. ochreous/
       5. greyish ochreous/
       6. yellowish brown <brownish ochreous>/
       7. light brown/
       8. brown/
       9. ferrugineous <reddish brown>/
       10. reddish-fuscous/
       11. whitish-fuscous/
       12. grey/
       13. pale fuscous/
       14. dark fuscous/
 
#15. <decription of the forewing fringes>/
 
#16. forewings <presence of blackish dot 1/3 from the base>/
       1. with a blackish dot 1/3 from the base/
       2. without a blackish dot 1/3 from the base/
 
#17. forewings <with or without marginal markings>/
       1. with 2-3 small dark dots on the posterior margins of the lobes near
          their apices/
       2. without posterior marginal dark dots/
 
#18. forewings <presence of a blackish costal dot near the apex>/
       1. with a blackish costal dot towards the apex/
       2. without a blackish costal dot towards the apex/
 
#19. the base of the <forewing> fissure <immediately> preceded <marking>/
       1. by a whitish spot/
       2. by a white fascia/
       3. by an inwards-angulated whitish-ochreous fascia/
       4. by a single dark spot or mark/
       5. by two dark dots/
       6. by a transverse dark mark/
       7. by an oblique dark (sometimes interrupted) fascia/
       8. by a blackish, subcrescentic, posteriorly white-edged mark/
       9. not associated with noticeable marking/
 
#20. forewing venation <truncation of cell apex>/
       1. exhibiting the cell apically truncated/
       2. exhibiting the cell produced into points/
 
#21. forewing vein <3, presence>/
       1. 3 present/
       2. 3 absent/
 
#22. forewing vein <8, presence>/
       1. 8 present/
       2. 8 absent/
 
#23. forewing vein <9, presence>/
       1. 9 present/
       2. 9 absent/
 
#24. forewing vein <10, presence>/
       1. 10 present/
       2. 10 absent/
 
#25. forewing vein <10, origin if present>/
       1. 10 separate/
       2. 10 out of 7/
       3. 10 out of 8/
 
#26. forewing venation summary:/
 
#27. hindwings <entire or cleft>/
       1. entire/
       2. conspicuously cleft/
 
#28. hindwings <when cleft, number of segments>/
       1. 3-segmented/
       2. 6-segmented/
 
#29. hindwings <colour>/
 
#30. hindwings <whether markedly different in colour from the forewings>/
       1. similarly coloured to the forewings/
       2. differently coloured from the forewings/
 
#31. hindwings <predominant colour, including the fringes>/
       1. white/
       2. whitish/
       3. ochreous/
       4. pale grey/
       5. pale fuscous/
       6. dark grey/
       7. dark fuscous/
       8. reddish fuscous/
       9. blackish/
 
#32. <decription of the hindwing fringes>/
 
#33. hindwings <presence of black scale-teeth in the posterior segment>/
       1. with a large black scale-tooth in the dorsal cilia of the posterior
          segment/
       2. with two large subapical black scale-teeth conspicuous in the 
          dorsal cilia of the posterior segment, these separated by a white 
          one, and with white scales along the dorsum of the lobe/
       3. without large black scale-teeth in the the posterior segment/
 
#34. the large scale-tooth in the posterior hindwing segment <location>/
       1. located in the middle of the dorsum/
       2. located much beyond the middle of the dorsum/
 
#35. hindwings <venation details>/
 
#36. the second hindwing lobe <number of veins>/
       1. 1-veined/
       2. 2-veined veins/
       3. 3-veined/
 
#37. hindwing vein 3 <presence>/
       1. present/
       2. absent/
 
#38. 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/
 
#39. adults <whether hibernating>/
       1. (those of the second brood) hibernating/
       2. not hibernating/
 
#40. associated with <shrubs or herbs>/
       1. shrubs/
       2. herbs/
       3. vines/
 
#41. associated with <major plant assemblage>/
       1. Crassinucelli/
       2. Tenuinucelli/
 
#42. associated with <host plant Orders>/
       1. Asterales/
       2. Caryophyllales/
       3. Dipsacales/
       4. Ericales/
       5. Fabales/
       6. Gentianales/
       7. Geraniales/
       8. Lamiales/
       9. Primulales/
       10. Ranunculales/
       11. Rosales/
       12. Solanales/
       13. Saxifragales/
 
#43. the larvae 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. <the larvae, whether hibernating>/
       1. hibernating/
       2. not hibernating/
 
#45. on <plant families>/
       1. Caprifoliaceae/
       2. Compositae/
       3. Convolvulaceae/
       4. Droseraceae/
       5. Ericaceae/
       6. Gentianaceae/
       7. Geraniaceae/
       8. Labiatae/
       9. Leguminosae/
       10. Plumbaginaceae/
       11. Polygonaceae/
       12. Primulaceae/
       13. Ranunculaceae/
       14. Rosaceae/
       15. Saxifragaceae/
       16. Solanaceae/
 
#46. <host plant genera>/
       1. \i{}Lonicera\i0{}/
       2. \i{}Achillea\i0{}/
       3. \i{}Antennaria\i0{}/
       4. \i{}Arctium\i0{}/
       5. \i{}Artemisia\i0{}/
       6. \i{}Aster\i0{}/
       7. \i{}Carlina\i0{}/
       8. \i{}Crepis\i0{}/
       9. \i{}Eupatorium\i0{}/
       10. \i{}Inula\i0{}/
       11. \i{}Knautia\i0{}/
       12. \i{}Leucanthemum\i0{}/
       13. \i{}Mycelis\i0{}/
       14. \i{}Petasites\i0{}/
       15. \i{}Pilosella\i0{}/
       16. \i{}Pulicaria\i0{}/
       17. \i{}Senecio\i0{}/
       18. \i{}Solidago\i0{}/
       19. \i{}Tanacetum\i0{}/
       20. \i{}Tussilago\i0{}/
       21. \i{}Calystegia\i0{}/
       22. \i{}Convolvulus\i0{}/
       23. \i{}Drosera\i0{}/
       24. \i{}Polygonum\i0{}/
       25. \i{}Erica\i0{}, \i{}Calluna\i0{}, \i{}Vaccinium\i0{}/
       26. \i{}Blackstonia\i0{}/
       27. \i{}Gentiana\i0{}/
       28. \i{}Centaurium\i0{}/
       29. \i{}Erodium\i0{}/
       30. \i{}Marrubium\i0{}/
       31. \i{}Origanum\i0{}/
       32. \i{}Stachys\i0{}/
       33. \i{}Teucrium\i0{}/
       34. \i{}Thymus\i0{}/
       35. \i{}Ononis\i0{}/
       36. \i{}Limonium\i0{}/
       37. \i{}Primula\i0{}/
       38. \i{}Aquilegia\i0{}/
       39. \i{}Rosa\i0{}/
       40. \i{}Saxifraga\i0{}/
       41. \i{}Solanum\i0{}/
 
#47. feeding <exposed or concealed>/
       1. exposed/
       2. concealed/
 
#48. feeding <locations, when exposed>/
       1. on flowers/
       2. on leaves/
       3. on young shoots/
       4. on fruits/
 
#49. <locations of larvae, when concealed>/
       1. in stems/
       2. in fruits/
       3. in leaves/
 
#50. <notes on pupae>/
 
#51. <geographical restriction in Britain>/
       1. found only in southern England <e.g., mainland-european immigrants>/
       2. widespread <not restricted to southern England>/
 
#52. <broad geographical range in the British Isles>/
       1. England/
       2. Wales/
       3. Scotland/
       4. Ireland/
 
#53. <distribution and habitats>/
 
#54. British species:/
 
#55. Subfamily/
       1. Agdistinae/
       2. Platyptilinae/
       3. Pterophorinae/
 
#56. <general comments:>/
 
#57. abbreviated taxon name:/
 
#58. <illustrations>/
