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Passenger moth, dun-bar and soothsayerPassenger moth, Dysgonia algira 1, dun-bar, Cosmia trapezina 2-3, double dart or soothsayer, Graphiphora augur 4, larvae 5-6
Brixton Beauty, Acontia nitidula (Phalaena catena). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects
Exotic mothsDotted rustic, Rhyacia simulans 1, Calodesma collaris 2, Brachyglene caenea 3, barred yellow, Cidaria fulvata 4, Noctua Calyptra lugubris 5, and Acontia margaritata 6
Curtis British Entomology Plate 276Lepidoptera: Acontia catena = Acontia nitidula (Brixton Beauty Moth). Improbably British, despite retention in check lists. [Plant: Papaver rhoeas (Common Red Poppy)] Date: 1824-39
Illustration, Orthosiidae -- Cleophanidae -- Cucullidae etcIllustration, Orthosiidae -- Cleophanidae -- Cucullidae -- Heliothidae -- Anartidae -- Acontiidae -- Scoliopteryx Libatrix, Calophasia Lunula, Cucullia Verbasci, Cucullia Umbratica