Moths

Lepidoptera The March Moth – Anisopteryx ascularia Fig. 193.-The March Moth. This is another common moth, and should be looked for during March and April on the barks of trees in oak and other woods. The fore wings are of a dingy brown colour, paler near the base, and crossed by a pale wavy line. […]

Lepidoptera The Yellow Shell Moth – Camptogramma Bilineata Passing over two smaller genera, we come to the beautiful little Yellow Shell. This moth is so abundant in most parts that we arouse it at almost every stroke while beating low bushes. Fig. 206.-The Yellow Shell. All its wings are yellow, and crossed by numerous delicate […]

Lepidoptera The Coxcomb Prominent Moth – Lophopteryx Camelina The family Notodontida contains several moths of somewhat varied appearance, but foremost among them are the ‘Prominents,’ distinguished by a conspicuous projection on the inner margin of the fore wings. Fig. 133.-The Coxcomb Prominent. Our example of this group is the Coxcomb Prominent. Its fore wings are […]

Lepidoptera The Lace Border Moth – Acidalia Ornata Fig. 183.-The Lace Border. The wings of this moth are silvery white, marked along the hind margin with a beautiful lace-like border. This border consists of delicate black and dark grey lines, and includes, in the fore wing, two light brown blotches, one near the middle and […]

Lepidoptera The Brimstone Moth – Rumia Luteolata As soon as the warm evenings of May set in, this lively and bright little moth may be seen flitting about among our hedges at sunset; and it continues with us throughout the whole of the summer, but is particularly plentiful during the month of June. The moth […]

Lepidoptera The Garden Carpet Moth – Melanippe Fluctuata Our third and last member of this genus is the Garden Carpet-a moth that must be pretty well known to almost everybody, since it is the commonest of all the Geometra that frequent our gardens. Fig. 205.-The Garden Carpet. The fore wings are pale grey or brownish, […]

Lepidoptera The Small Seraphim Moth – Lobophora Sexalisata This moth is very much like the Pugs in general appearance, and is quite as small and even smaller than some of them; but it and the other members of its genus differ from the Pugs in that they cover their hind wings when at rest. Fig. […]

Lepidoptera The Marvel-du-jour Moth – Agriopis Aprilina The Marvel-du-jour is decidedly a beautiful moth-quite an exception among the Noctua in this respect, and it is withal both common and widely distributed. We need not describe it, since it is represented on Plate XI (fig. 2), and can hardly be mistaken for any other species. The […]

Lepidoptera The Brown-line Bright-eye Moth – Leucania Conigera Fig. 142.-The Brown-line Bright-eye. The fore wings are yellowish brown. The ‘brown line’ is a transverse line parallel with the hind margin, and distant from it about one-fourth the length of the wing. Another dark brown line, describing a sharp bend, passes across the wing near the […]

Lepidoptera Family Cymatophorida Moths This, the last family of the Bombyces, contains seven species of moderate size, the larva of which are either quite smooth or have small warty prominences. The seven species are grouped into three genera, from two of which we shall select a representative.