*SHOW Plume Moths (Pterophoridae and Alucitidae). 24 July 2010.
*COMMENT Typo fixed 10/8/18 (MJD).
 
*ITEM DESCRIPTIONS 
 
# \i{}Adaina\i0{} <Tutt>/
1<formerly \i{}Leioptilus\i0{}> 2,3 3,3 6,1 7,15-17 8,2 9,1 10,2<from before
2/3> 11,1 12,2<with dark markings> 13<yellowish-whitish, sprinkled blackish, a
dot in the disc at 1/3, a blackish mark at the base of the fissure and one on
the costa beyond the fissure, a less distinct one towards the apex, and some
indistinct dots on the margins of the segments> 14,2 19,4 20,2 21,1<connate or
stalked with 4> 22,1<stalked with 10> 23,2 24,1 25,3 26<3 and 4 connate or
stalked> 27,2 28,1 29<grey> 30,2 31,4-7 33,3 36,2 37,2 38,5-6/8<double brooded>
40,2 41,2 42,1 43,1-12 44,1 45,2 46,9 47,2 49,1<mining in axils of the
inflorescence, producing a gall, causing the capitula to droop> 52,1&2&3&4
53<common in southern England, local in Wales, northern England and southern
Scotland and the West of Ireland; in damp places where the host plant grows.>
54<\i{}A. microdactyla\i0{}> 55,3 57<adaina> 
 
# \i{}Agdistis\i0{} <Hbner>/
2,2 3,3<the second segment with projecting scales beneath, the terminal one
short> 6,1 7,24-29 8,1 12,2<with dots> 13<greyish-ochreous or grey> 14,5/12
15<edge of costal cilia grey (\i{}A. meridionalis\i0{}) or white (\i{}A.
bennetii\i0{}) towards apex (Meyrick)> 21,1 22,1 23,1 24,1 25,1 26<5-7
parallel, 8-10 approximated, 11 remote> 27,1 29<grey> 30,1-2 31,4-7 35<2 from
the middle of the cell, 4 absent, 5-7 nearly parallel> 37,1 38,6&7&8&9&10<double
brooded> 40,2 41,1 42,2 43,1-12 44,1<even surviving tidal submergence during the
winter> 45,10 46,36<\i{}A. meridionalis\i0{} on \i{}L. binervosum\i0{}, \i{}A.
bennettii\i0{} on \i{}L. vulgare\i0{}> 47,1 48,2 50<pupating on leaves of the
host, on nearby grass, or on rock> 52,1 53<\i{}A. meridionalis\i0{} occurs on
grassy cliffs around the coasts of Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and Pembroke, while
\i{}A. bennetii\i0{} is locally abundant around the English coast from Hampshire
to Durham, in salt-marshes and rocky places where the food plant grows>
54<\i{}A. meridionalis\i0{}, \i{}A. bennetii\i0{}> 55,1 57<agdistis> 
 
# \i{}Alucita\i0{} <L.>/
3<obliquely>,3 7,13-16 8,2 9,2<the lobes narrow, parallel-sided> 10,1<almost
from the base> 12,1 13<ochreous-greyish, with a broad median dark band
traversing the segments and a narrower one towards the apex> 14,4/5/7/8/9/13
15<the forewing cilia grey or brownish, barred darker brownish to blackish to
form conspicuous forewing bars> 23,2 24,2 26<the six slender plumes respectively
occupied by 1b, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7; 9 and 10 absent, 11 from very near 7> 27,2
28,2<almost from the base, the lobes narow and parallel-sided> 29<grey, barred
blackish and whitish> 30<rather>,2 31,4-6 32<the hindwing cilia greyish, with
paler bars forming four transverse hindwing lines> 33,3 36,1 37,1 40,3 41,2 42,3
43,8-12/1-4 45,1 46,1 47,1&2 48,1&2<amongst flower buds, and mining in leaves>
52,1&2&3&4 53<common throughout Britain and Ireland in hedges and woods where
honesuckle grows.> 54<\i{}A. hexadactyla\i0{}> 57<alucita> 
 
# \i{}Amblyptilia\i0{} <Hbner>/
1<formerly \i{}Platyptilia\i0{}> 2,1 3,2<second segment loosely scaled, the
terminal filiform> 7,19-23 8,2 9,1 10,3<from 2/3 to 3/4> 11,2 12,1
13<greyish-ochreous striated black, or reddish-fuscous> 14,5/10 15<apical 2/3 of
the terminal cilia white> 19,9 20,1 22,1<stalked with 9, 11 remote> 23,1<stalked
with 8> 24,1 25,1 26<11 remote> 27,2 28,1<the posterior lobe narrower than the
other two> 29<blackish or dark fuscous> 30,2 31,7/9 33,1<and with a small black
apical one as well> 34,2 36,3 37,1<in the middle lobe> 38,1-5/7/9-12 39,1 40,1&2
41,1&2 42,3&7&8&9&10 43,6&8 44,2 45,5<\i{}A. acanthadactyla\i0{},
sometimes>/7&8&9&12&13 46,25&29&32&35&37&38 47,2 49,2 52,1&2&3&4 53<both species
widely are distributed in Britain and Ireland, including the Hebrides;
associated with woods, hedgerows, heaths and other open country.> 54<\i{}A.
acanthadactyla\i0{}, \i{}A. punctidactya\i0{}> 55,2 57<amblypti> 
 
# \i{}Buckleria\i0{} <Tutt>/
1<formerly \i{}<Trichoptilus>\i0{}> 2,3 3,3<the second segment with scales
beneath tending to form a short angular apical tuft, the apical segment
filiform> 6,2 7,13-14 8,2 9,1<the segments linear> 10,1 11,1 12,1 13<light
brown, sometimes tinged yellowish or reddish, with a black subcostal basal dot
and sometimes with a whitish spot before the fissure; two slender white bars on
the segments; the cilia with patches of black scales, the costal and dorsal with
white bars> 14,4/6/7/9 15<the costal and dorsal cilia with white bars> 19,1/8
20,1 21,2 22,1 23,2 24,1/2 25<if present,>,3 26<2 out of 4 or absent, 10 out of
8 or absent, 11 from near 8> 27,2 28,1<the segments linear> 29<dark fuscous>
30,2 31,6/7 33,3 36,2 37,2 38,6&8 40,2 41,1 42,2 43,7/9-12/1-5 44,1<according to
Meyrick> 45,4 46,23<\i{}D. rotundifolia\i0{}> 47,1 48,2<resting well camouflaged
on the petioles> 52,1&4 53<widespread in England (Devon, Dorset, Hampshire,
Sussex, Surrey, the Fenlands, to Cheshire and Yorkshire), in boggy places where
sundew grows> 54<\i{}B. paludum\i0{}> 55,2 57<buckleri> 
 
# \i{}Capperia\i0{}/
1<formerly \i{}Oxyptilus\i0{}> 2<shortly>,1/3<?> 3,3<the second segment with
scales beneath> 7,20-23 8,2 9,1 10,2 11,2 12,1 13<dark reddish fuscous with a
few dark scales, with two conspicous white bars on the segments, the cilia mixed
with black scales and barred whitish> 14,10 15<the cilia mixed with black scales
and barred whitish> 19,1<this indistinct, as is another in the disc at about
1/3> 20,1 21,1<out of 4> 22,1 23,1<out of 8> 24,1 25,3 27,2 28,1 29<dark
fuscous> 30,1-2<less reddish> 31,6/7 33,2 36,3 37,1<in the middle lobe> 38,6&7
40,2 41,2 42,8 43,9-12/1-5 44,1<on the undersides of leaves> 45,8 46,33<\i{}T.
scorodonia\i0{}> 47,1 48,2 52,1 53<confined to and local in England, where it is
widely distributed in association with wood sage (apparently avoiding plants in
hedgerows).> 54<\i{}C. britanniodactyla\i0{}> 55,2 57<capperia> 
 
# \i{}Cnaemidophorus\i0{} <Wallengren>/
2,1 3,2<second segment loosely scaled, the terminal one filiform> 7,18-25 8,2
9,1 10,3<from 2/3 to 3/4> 11,2 12,1 13<red-brown, costa sprinkled whitish; with
two oblique white fasciae, the first before the middle and sometimes
interrupted, the second before the fissure; the cilia white towards the middle
of the termen of each segment> 14,6/9 15<the cilia towards the middle of the
termen of each segment white> 19,2<this oblique, preceded by another before the
middle of the disc> 20,1 22,1 23,1<stalked with 8> 24,1 25,1 26<11 remote> 27,2
28,1<the posterior lobe narrower than the other two> 29<reddish fuscous>
30,2<darker> 31,8 33,1 34,2<almost apical, the middle third of the lobe whitish,
the apical part dark reddish fuscous> 36,3 37,1<in the middle lobe> 38,7&8 40,1
41,1 42,11 43,5&6 45,14 46,39<\i{}R. canina\i0{}> 47,1-2<in a loose web>
48,1&3<and buds> 52,1 53<uncommon: formerly widely distributed in SE England,
now perhaps confined to a few SE localities in the Fens, Essex and Kent>
54<\i{}C. rhododactyla\i0{}> 55,2 57<cnaemido> 
 
# \i{}Emmelina\i0{} <Tutt>/
1<formerly \i{}Pterophorus\i0{}> 2,3 3,3 6,1 7,25-31 8,2 9,1 10,3<from about
2/3> 11,2 12,2 13<the ground colour rather variable: whitish ochreous to pale
reddish brown, often sprinkled whitish or blackish, with dark dots and a dark or
blackish mark at the base of the fissure> 14,2/3/4/6/7/9 15<cilia costally
concolorous with the wing, otherwise grey> 17,1 19,4 20,2 21,1<connate or
stalked with 4> 22,1 23,2 24,1 25,1/3 27,2 28,1 29<grey> 30,2<darker> 31,4-7
33,3 36,2 38,7/9-12/1-5 39,1<in dense vegetation, for example in ivy> 40,1&2&3
41,1<rarely?>/2 42,12<preferred?>/1/2/4 43,1-12 45,3<preferred?>/1/5/11
46,21&22<preferred>/17/25/25 47,1 48,3 52,1&2&3&4 53<common throughout the
British Isles except the Shetlands, often in hedgerows> 54<\i{}E.
monodactyla\i0{}> 55,3 57<emmilina> 
 
# \i{}Euleioptilus\i0{} <Bigot & Picard>/
1<formerly \i{}Pterophorus\i0{}> 2,3 3,3<terminal segment more or less pointed>
6,1/2 7,17-19<\i{}E. carphodactyla\i0{}>/22-24<\i{}E. tephradactyla\i0{}> 8,2
9,1 10,3<from about 2/3> 11,2 12,2 13<whitish yellow sprinkled fuscous with
yellow-whitish cilia in \i{}E. carphodactyla\i0{}, pale greyish ochreous with
grey cilia in \i{}E. tephradactyla\i0{}> 14,2/4/5/7/13 15<the cilia
yellowish-whitish (\i{}E. carphodactyla\i0{}) or grey becoming
whitish-grey-ochreous towards the apex on the costa (\i{}E. tephradactyla\i0{})>
16,1<\i{}E. tephradactyla\i0{}>/2<\i{}E. carphodactyla\i0{}> 17,1 18,2
19,4<\i{}E. carphodactyla\i0{}>/5<these placed transversely, in \i{}E.
tephradactyla\i0{}> 20,2 21,1<connate or stalked with 4> 22,1 23,2 24,1 25,1
27,2 28,1 29<grey> 30,2<darker> 31,4-7 33,3 36,2 37,2 38,6/6&7<\i{}E.
carphodactyla\i0{} being double brooded> 40,2 41,2 42,1 43,8-9/9-12/1-5 45,2
46,6&18<\i{}E. tephradactyla\i0{}>/10&7<\i{}E. carphodactyla\i0{}> 47,1-2
48,1&2&3 52,1&2&3&4 53<only in the coastal districts and chalk downs of Kent,
Isle of Wight and Hampshire (\i{}L. carphodactyla\i0{}), or local but widely
distributed in open parts of woods throughout Britain (\i{}E.
tephradactyla\i0{})> 54<\i{}E. carphodactyla\i0{}, \i{}E. tephradactyla\i0{}>
55,3 57<euleiopt> 
 
# \i{}Hellinsia\i0{} <Tutt>/
1<formerly \i{}Pterophorus\i0{}> 2,3 3,3 6,1/2<?> 7,18-23 8,2 9,1 10,3<from
about 2/3> 12,2 13<whitish-yellowish, partly ochreous tinged, suffused light
fuscous posteriorly towards the costa> 14,2/3/4 15<the cilia light grey,
costally whitish-yellow> 16,2 17,2 19,4 20,2 21,1<connate or stalked with 4>
22,1 23,2 24,1 25,1 27,2 28,1 29<grey> 30,2 31,4-7 33,3 36,2 37,2 38,7 40,2 41,2
42,1 43,9-12/1-4 44,1 45,2 46,6&17&18 47,1-2 48,1&4 52,1 53<widely distributed
in England, favouring hillsides, coasts and open parts of woods> 54<\i{}H.
osteodactylus\i0{}> 55,3 57<hellinsi> 
 
# \i{}Marasmarcha\i0{} <Meyrick>/
2<somewhat>,1 3<slender,>,3<the terminal segment pointed> 6,1 7,22-24 8,2 9,1
10,2<or from before 2/3> 11,2 12,1<with an inwards-angled whitish-ochreous
fascia on the base of the segments> 13<yellowish brown with pale markings in the
female, red-brown with more distinct markings in the male> 14,4/6/9<in the male>
19,3 20,1 21,1<connate or stalked with 4> 22,1 23,2 24,1 25,3<or these stalked>
27,2 28,1<the lobes all more or less the same width> 29<dark fuscous> 30,2
31,6/7 33,3 35<3 and 4 connate or stalked> 36,3 37,1<i.e. in the middle lobe,
connate or stalked with 4> 38,7 40,2 41,1 42,5 43,6 45,9 46,35 47,1
48,2&3<somtimes biting through the young stem> 52,1&2 53<widely distributed and
locally abundant in England and Wales south of Norfolk and Denbigh; in sheltered
situations on sandy coasts and inland on chalky soils> 54<\i{}M.
lunaedactyla\i0{}> 55,2 57<marasmar> 
 
# \i{}Merrifieldia\i0{} <Tutt>/
2,3 3,2 6,1 7,17-24<\i{}M. tridactyla\i0{}>/20-27<\i{}M. baliodactylus\i0{}> 8,2
9,1 10,2 11,2<though quite narrow> 12,2 13<yellow-whitish, whitish-ochreous or
pale yellowish-ochreous, the costal cilia not wholly whitish> 14,2/3/4 15<the
cilia fuscous, darker on the costa (\i{}M. tridactyla\i0{}), or in both segments
yellowish-white above and dark grey beneath (\i{}M. baliodactylus\i0{})> 19,9
20,2 21,2 22,2 23,2 24,2 25,- 26<11 near or out of 7 or absent> 27,2 28,1
29<grey, whitish or paler and ochreous-tinged towards the tips of the segments>
30,2<darker> 31,2/3/4/5 33,3 36,2 37,2 38,6-8 40,2 41,2 42,8 43,5&6/9-12/1-4
44,1<probably, in \i{}M. tridactyla\i0{}>/2 45,8 46,31<\i{}M.leucodactyla\i0{}
and \i{}M. tridactyla\i0{}>/31<\i{}M. baliodactylus\i0{}> 47,1 48,3 52,1&2&3&4
53<frequenting hillsides and waste places over chalk and limesone; widely
distributed locally over Britain and Ireland (\i{}M. tridactyla\i0{}), or
southern England to north Lancashire and Westmoreland but commoner in the south
(\i{}M. baliodactylus\i0{})> 54<\i{}M. baliodactylus\i0{}, \i{}M.
leucodactyla\i0{}, \i{}M. tridactyla\i0{}> 55,3 57<merrifie> 
 
# \i{}Oidaematophorus\i0{} <Wallengren>/
1<formerly \i{}Pterophorus\i0{}> 2,3 3,3 6,2<at least the middle ones> 7,25-32
8,2 9,1 10,3<from about 2/3> 11,2 12<fairly>,1 13<pale brown, irregularly mixed
grey-whitish and irrorated black, with a sub-crescentic blackish and posteriorly
white-edged mark before the fissure, an elongate blackish mark along the costa
beyond this, and some blackish marginal dots towards the apex; cilia dark grey,
somewhat whitish mixed> 14,7 15<the cilia dark grey, somewhat whitish mixed>
19,8 20,2 21,1<connate or stalked with 4> 22,1 23,2 24,1 25,1 27,2 28,1
29<rather dark fuscous> 30,2 31<rather>,7/5-6 33,3 36,2 37,2 38,7&8 40,2 41,2
42,1 43,5&6 45,2 46,10&16 47,1 48,2&3 52,1&2&3&4 53<found on roadsides and
grasslands, being widely distributed and common in southern England; local in
the Midlands and north, and in Ireland where it is commoner in the west>
54<\i{}O. lithodactyla\i0{}> 55,3 57<oidaemat> 
 
# \i{}Ovendenia\i0{} <Tutt>/
1<formerly \i{}Pterophorus\i0{}> 2,3 3,3 7,15-19 8,2 9,1 10,3<from about 2/3>
11,2 12,2<with dark marks> 13<fuscous-whitish, sprinkled blackish; a blackish
dot on the disc at 1/3, a larger blackish dot or oblique mark at the base of the
fissure and an elongate one on the costa beyond it, a dot on the costa towards
the apex, and two or three dots at the apices and along the lower edges of each
segment; cilia greyish, whitish on the costa> 14,11/13 15<greyish, more whitish
on the costa> 16,1 17,1 18,1 19,4<if the latter, this oblique> 20,2 21,1<connate
or stalked with 4> 22,1 23,2 24,1 25,1 27,2 28,1 29<grey> 30,2 31,4-7 33,3 36,2
37,2 38,7 40,2 41,2 42,1 43,5&6 45,2/16 46,5&12/41 47,2 48,2<drawing together
the edges of a leaf, then later drawing several leaves together, and feeding
within> 52,1 53<in England south and east of Norfolk, Oxford and Devon, on
coasts and waste ground> 54<\i{}O. lienigianus\i0{}> 55,3 57<ovendeni> 
 
# \i{}Oxyptilus\i0{} <Zeller>/
1<\i{}Crombrugghia\i0{}> 2<shortly>,1/3 3,3 6,2 7,13-22 8,2 9,1 10,2 11,2 12,1-2
13<light brownish ochreous (\i{}O. distans\i0{}) or reddish fuscous (\i{}O.
pilosellae\i0{}, \i{}O. parvidactylus\i0{}), with obscure to well defined
whitish bars on the segments> 14,4/6/7/10 15<costal and dorsal cilia with
whitish (\i{}O. distans\i0{}), pale reddish-ochreous (\i{}O. pilosellae\i0{}) or
white (O. parvidactylus) bars> 19,9 20,1 21,1<out of 4> 22,1 23,1<out of 8> 24,1
25,3 26<11 from near 8> 27,2 28,1<the three lobes more or less equal on width>
29<dark grey or dark fuscous> 30,2<darker> 31,6-7 33,1<one only> 34,2<at 2/3, or
near the apex> 36,3 37,1<in the middle lobe> 38,6-8 40,2 41,2 42,1 43,1-12
44,1<those of \i{}O. distans\i0{} perhaps hibernating within stems>/2 45,2
46,15<\i{}P. officinarum\i0{}> 47<variously>,1/2 48,1/2/3 52,1&2 53<Favouring
open grassy places and low herbage. Breck district of Suffolk and Norfolk,
coastal sand-hills and lower slopes of chalk hills in Devon, Kent, Suffolk and
Norfolk, and in the breck district (\i{}O. distans\i0{}); common in parts of SE
England from Kent and Surrey to Cambridge (\i{}O. pilosellae\i0{}); widely
distributed in England and Wales as far north as Westmorland (\i{}O.
parvidactylus\i0{}); or occasionally reported from distant localities in England
and Wales (presumably immigrant specimens of the mainland-european \i{}O.
laetus\i0{})> 54<\i{}O. distans\i0{}, \i{}O. laetus\i0{}, \i{}O.
parvidactylus\i0{}, \i{}O. pilosellae\i0{}> 55,2 57<oxyptilu> 
 
# \i{}Platyptilia\i0{} <Hbner>/
1<including \i{}Gillmeria\i0{}> 2,1 3,2 7,(17-)22-30 8,2 9,1 10,3<from about 2/3
to 3/4> 11,2 12,1<with some species markedly variable in size and markings,
leading to confusion over identifications> 13<light brown, brown, fuscous or
ferrugineous ochreous, the apical 2/3 of the terminal cilia white>
14,3/4/6/7/8/9/10/13/14 15<the apical 2/3 of the terminal cilia white> 19,2<in
\i{}P. tesseradactyla\i0{}>/9 20,1 22,1<stalked with 9, 11 remote> 23,1 24,1
25,1 27,2 28,1<the posterior lobe narrower than the other two> 29<dark grey or
dark brownish grey> 30,1-2 31,3-7 33,1<usually>/3<<@not ckeys> the tooth very small,
indistinct or lacking in \i{}P. pallidactyla\i0{}> 34<when present>,1 36,3
37,1<in the middle lobe> 38,6-9 40,2 41,2 42,1 43,1-12 44,1/2 45,2
46,2/3/14/19/20 47,1/2<often> 48,1/2/3 49,1/2/3<often mining> 52,1&2&3&4 53<in
open grassy parts of woods in Cornwall, North Devon, Kent and Lancashire, and
mainly coastal (\i{}P. calodactyla\i0{}); common on roadsides, railway
embankments etc. throughout the British Isles except the Shetlands (\i{}P.
gonodactyla\i0{}); widespread in marshy places but local throughout Britain and
Ireland (\i{}P. isodactylus\i0{}); widely distributed in England north to Durham
where \i{}Tanacetum vulgare\i0{} grows (\i{}P. ochrodactyla\i0{}); probably
widely distributed throughout Britain and Ireland, often on waste ground on well
drained soils (P. pallidactyla); or confined to Ireland, in open limestone
localites in Clare and Galway and grassy ridges in east Tyrone (\i{}P.
tesseradactyla\i0{})> 54<\i{}P. calodactyla\i0{}, \i{}P. gonodactyla\i0{},
\i{}P. isodactylus\i0{}, \i{}P. ochrodactyla\i0{} (\i{}Gillmeria\i0{}), \i{}P.
pallidactyla\i0{} (\i{}Gillmeria\i0{}), \i{}P. tesseradactyla\i0{}> 55,2
57<platypti> 
 
# \i{}Pselnophorus\i0{} <Wallengren>/
2,3 3,3<the second segment loosely scaled, the terminal one pointed> 6,2 7,19-23
8,2 9,1 10,2 11,1 12,1 13<dark fuscous or reddish-, with white markings
including two posterior spots in the dorsal cilia> 14,10/14 15<the dorsal cilia
posteriorly with two conspicuous white spots> 19,1<or dot> 20,2 21,1 22,2 23,2
24,1 25,2 26<2 and 3 out of 4, both 10 and 11 out of 7> 27,2 28,1 29<dark
fuscous, the cilia partly suffused whitish> 30,1 31,6-7/8 32<the cilia partly
suffused whitish> 33,3 36,2 37,2 38,7 40,2 41,2 42,1 43,8-10 44,1<within a leaf,
having bitten through the lower epidermis> 45,2 46,8&13 47,1 48,2<biting through
the midribs so that the tips of the leaves hang down> 52,1&3 53<best known in
the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, but reliably recorded sporadically from far-flung
localities (Norfolk, Cumberland) in England and Scotland; favouring the darker
parts of woods> 54<\i{}P. heterodactyla\i0{}> 55,3 57<pselnoph> 
 
# \i{}Pterophorus\i0{} <Schffer>/
1<including \i{}Porritia\i0{} and \i{}Wheeleria\i0{}> 2,3 3,2 6,1
7,22-27/28-32<in \i{}P. pentadactyla\i0{}> 8,2 9,1 10,2 11,1 12,1/2 13<pure
white with a few blackish scales in \i{}P. pentadactyla\i0{}, yellowish- or
ochreous-white with dark markings (including a blackish mark before the fissure)
in the other two species> 14,1/2-4 15<the cilia wholly white (\i{}P.
pentadactyla\i0{}), with dark grey spots on the costa, as well as on the dorsum
beyond the middle and at the apex of both segments (\i{}P. galodactyla\i0{}), or
with a dark grey blotch on the middle of the upper margin and two on the lower
margin of both segments (\i{}P. spilodactylus\i0{})> 19,5<\i{}P.
galodactyla\i0{}>/7<\i{}P. spilodactyla\i0{}>/9<\i{}P. pentadactyla\i0{}> 20,2
21,2 22,2 23,2<as is 10> 24,1 25,- 26<8-10 absent, 11 near or out of 7 or
absent> 27,2 28,1 29<white like the forewings in \i{}P. pentadactyla\i0{}, grey
or whitish grey in the other two species> 30,1/2 31,1/2-5 33,3 36,2 37,2 38,6-8
40,2&3 41,2 42,1&8&12 43,1-12 44,1<when small> 45,3<\i{}P.
pentadactyla\i0{}>/2<\i{}P. galadactyla\i0{}>/8<\i{}P. spilodactylus\i0{}>
46,4/21&22/30 47,1 48,1&2 52,1&2&4 53<common around hedgerows, waste ground and
gardens throughout England, Wales and Ireland (\i{}P. pentadactyla\i0{}); open
woods in England and Wales from Norfolk, Hertfordshire and Glamorgan southwards
(\i{}P. galactodactyla\i0{}); or mainly associated with chalky soils in Dorset,
Isle of Wight, Worcestershire, Hertfordshire, Suffolk and Caernarvon (\i{}P.
spilodactylus\i0{})> 54<\i{}P. galactodactyla\i0{} (\i{}Porritia\i0{}), \i{}P.
pentadactyla\i0{}, \i{}P. spilodactylus\i0{} (\i{}Wheeleria\i0{})> 55,3
57<pteropho> 
 
# \i{}Stenoptilia\i0{} <Hbner>/
2,2 3,1<the second segment with loose rough or appressed scales, the terminal
one filiform> 6,1 7,18-26 8,2 9,1 10,3<from about 2/3> 11,2 12,1/2<with some of
the species - notably \i{}S. bipunctidactyla\i0{} and \i{}S. pterodactyla\i0{} -
very variable in size and markings> 13<brown, ochreous brown or fuscous grey>
14,6-8/12/13 15<the cilia variously lined and/or dotted white and blackish>
19,4/5<one often smaller or obsolete>/6<representing two confluent spots> 20,1
21,1<?> 22,1 23,1<stalked with 8> 24,1 25,1 27,2 28,1<the anterior lobe broader
than the others> 29<dark grey or dark fucous> 30<generally>,1 31,4-7 33,3 36,3
37,1<in the middle lobe> 38,6-10 40,2 41,1&2 42,1&6&13 43,1-12 45,6<\i{}S.
pneumonanthes\i0{}, \i{}S. zophodactylus\i0{}>/15<\i{}S. millieridactyla\i0{}
and \i{}S. islandicus\i0{}> 46,26&27&28/40 47,2/1-2<frequently burrowing in
young downwards into young stems> 48,1&2&3&4 49,1/2<e.g., \i{}S.
pneumonanthes\i0{}>/3 52,1&2&3&4 53< common and abundant (with much variation in
adult size and markings) throughout the British Isles, in marshes, meadows and
open woods (\i{}S. bipunctidactyla\i0{}); infrequently found from central
England to central Scotland, and indigenous in the Burren but occasionally
appearing elsewhere in Ireland (\i{}S. millieridactyla\i0{}); in boggy parts of
heaths in Dorset and Hampshire (\i{}S. pneumonanthes\i0{}); frequenting hedges,
fields and wood margins, common in England and Ireland, but more local in
northern England and Scotland (\i{}S. pterodactyla\i0{}); widely distributed in
England and Wales on coastal cliffs and sandhills, chalk hills, dry pastures and
railway embankments (\i{}S. zophodactylus\i0{})> 54<\i{}S. aridus\i0{}, \i{}S.
bipunctidactyla\i0{}, \i{}S. islandicus\i0{}, \i{}S. millieridactyla\i0{},
\i{}S. pneumonanthes\i0{}, \i{}S. zophodactylus\i0{}> 55,2 57<stenopti> 
