Rhyacia simulans
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Rhyacia |
| Species: | R. simulans |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhyacia simulans (Hufnagel, 1766) | |
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The Dotted Rustic (Rhyacia simulans) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Europe, south to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, east to Turkey, the Caucasus, Tomsk and Minusinsk.
Technical Description and variation
- See glossary for terms used
The wingspan is 45–60 mm. Like latens Hbn. but larger; the forewing paler, the stigmata with distinct pale and dark outlines. — pyrophila Schiff. is ochreous grey; — suffusa Tutt is darker, the forewing being blackish grey; —latens Stph. is unicolorous black, with still more intense markings.[1]
Biology
Adults are on wing from June to September.
Larva dark brown ; the subdorsal area brownish flesh-colour; dorsal line thin, pale, edged with black; a row of dorsal V-shaped marks ; an interrupted white lateral stripe. The larvae feed on Gramineae, Rumex and Taraxacum species.[2]
References
- ↑ Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
- ↑ "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.".
External links
- Lepiforum
- Funet Taxonomy
- Fauna Europaea
- UKmoths