Subfamily: Anacampsinae
Syncopacma (8S +1EX)
Ocelli present or absent; antennal scape without pecten; labial palp long and slender, S3 longer than S2
Male genitalia: Uncus not cleft, with black pegs. Female genitalia without signum.
S.cinctella/larseniella/taeniolella/albifrontella/albipalpella/suecicella are all blackish with a narrow more or less distinct white fascia on the forewing at just beyond 1/2. Some separation may be achieved based on foodplant with the first 3 named feeding on bird's-foot trefoils (Lotus spp) and the last 2 on Genista spp (hairy greenweed or petty whin). There has only been a single British record of S.albifrontella.
In S.sangiella/vinella the white fascia is reduced to tornal and costal spots (so that they appear similar to Aproaerema and Eulamprotes species). S.vinella is currently only known to occur on the Isle of Wight.
Further difficulty arises as the forewing fascia may be reduced to just a costal spot in S.cinctella or entirely absent in S.larseniella/cinctella/vinella
Only S.polychromella is distinct in being very small with a buff forewing base and broad white fascia - this is usually a rare vagrant but ~70 were recorded in 2015. All the other species require genital dissection to confirm identity.
Ocelli present or absent; antennal scape without pecten; labial palp long and slender, S3 longer than S2
Male genitalia: Uncus not cleft, with black pegs. Female genitalia without signum.
S.cinctella/larseniella/taeniolella/albifrontella/albipalpella/suecicella are all blackish with a narrow more or less distinct white fascia on the forewing at just beyond 1/2. Some separation may be achieved based on foodplant with the first 3 named feeding on bird's-foot trefoils (Lotus spp) and the last 2 on Genista spp (hairy greenweed or petty whin). There has only been a single British record of S.albifrontella.
In S.sangiella/vinella the white fascia is reduced to tornal and costal spots (so that they appear similar to Aproaerema and Eulamprotes species). S.vinella is currently only known to occur on the Isle of Wight.
Further difficulty arises as the forewing fascia may be reduced to just a costal spot in S.cinctella or entirely absent in S.larseniella/cinctella/vinella
Only S.polychromella is distinct in being very small with a buff forewing base and broad white fascia - this is usually a rare vagrant but ~70 were recorded in 2015. All the other species require genital dissection to confirm identity.
Aproaerema
Ocelli absent
Antennal scape without pecten
Labial palp long and slender, S3 longer than S2, S2 slightly thickened with appressed scales
Forewing V9-6 stalked, V6 long
Male genitalia: Apex of uncus cleft into 2 lobes, valvae parallel-sided, not ending in a hook
Female genitalia: no signum
Ocelli absent
Antennal scape without pecten
Labial palp long and slender, S3 longer than S2, S2 slightly thickened with appressed scales
Forewing V9-6 stalked, V6 long
Male genitalia: Apex of uncus cleft into 2 lobes, valvae parallel-sided, not ending in a hook
Female genitalia: no signum
Anacampsis (3S)
Antenna without pecten
Labial palps long and slender
Forewing elongate, termen oblique, no scale tufts
Hindwing broader than forewing, apex and tornus rounded, no emargination of termen
Male genitalia: uncus with a group of black pegs ventrally; aedeagus curved, at least as long as armature
Antenna without pecten
Labial palps long and slender
Forewing elongate, termen oblique, no scale tufts
Hindwing broader than forewing, apex and tornus rounded, no emargination of termen
Male genitalia: uncus with a group of black pegs ventrally; aedeagus curved, at least as long as armature
Nothris
Labial palp S3 longer than S2; S2 with dense apical scale tuft
Fw elongate; V7&8 stalked, V7 to costa
Hw broader than fw; trapezoidal; apex hardly produced; cilia 2/3 width of wing
Labial palp S3 longer than S2; S2 with dense apical scale tuft
Fw elongate; V7&8 stalked, V7 to costa
Hw broader than fw; trapezoidal; apex hardly produced; cilia 2/3 width of wing
Neofaculta
Head with appressed scales; Ocelli present
Antenna 3/4 length of fw; serrate and shortly ciliate in male, simple in female; scape without pecten
Labial palp S3 slightly shorter than S2
Fw elongate; Hw subtrapezoidal, broader than fw, apex slightly produced, termen slightly sinuate, tornus not defined; cilia 1/2 breadth of wing;
V7&6 stalked, 4&3 connate or stalked
Male genitalia: aedeagus stout with apex tapering to a spiral process
Head with appressed scales; Ocelli present
Antenna 3/4 length of fw; serrate and shortly ciliate in male, simple in female; scape without pecten
Labial palp S3 slightly shorter than S2
Fw elongate; Hw subtrapezoidal, broader than fw, apex slightly produced, termen slightly sinuate, tornus not defined; cilia 1/2 breadth of wing;
V7&6 stalked, 4&3 connate or stalked
Male genitalia: aedeagus stout with apex tapering to a spiral process
Hypatima
Head with scales tufted at sides; Ocelli present
Antenna 3/4 length of fw in male, 5/6 in female; apical 1/5 serrate; scape without pecten
Labial palps with projecting scales on S2 in male, on S2&3 in female
Fw elongate, pointed; V6 from joint stalk of V7&8
Hw slightly broader than fw; elongate-subtrapezoidal, apex hardly produced, termen sinuate, tornus not defined
Head with scales tufted at sides; Ocelli present
Antenna 3/4 length of fw in male, 5/6 in female; apical 1/5 serrate; scape without pecten
Labial palps with projecting scales on S2 in male, on S2&3 in female
Fw elongate, pointed; V6 from joint stalk of V7&8
Hw slightly broader than fw; elongate-subtrapezoidal, apex hardly produced, termen sinuate, tornus not defined
Anarsia
Labial palps porrect; S2 with dense tuft of projecting scales ventrally; S3 in male very short and mostly concealed in tuft, in female longer than S2 and exposed
Fw elongate-oval; V7&8 stalked, V8 to costa, V6 sometimes out of base of V8
Hw as broad as fw, trapezoidal, costa with a distinct convex prominence in proximal half, apex not produced, termen weakly sinuate; V3&4 connate or approximate, V5 approximate, V6&7 stalked.
Male genitalia: valvae asymmetrical, both with a curved appendage
Labial palps porrect; S2 with dense tuft of projecting scales ventrally; S3 in male very short and mostly concealed in tuft, in female longer than S2 and exposed
Fw elongate-oval; V7&8 stalked, V8 to costa, V6 sometimes out of base of V8
Hw as broad as fw, trapezoidal, costa with a distinct convex prominence in proximal half, apex not produced, termen weakly sinuate; V3&4 connate or approximate, V5 approximate, V6&7 stalked.
Male genitalia: valvae asymmetrical, both with a curved appendage
