- Rhyacia simulans
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Rhyacia simulans 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Rhyacia Species: R. simulans Binomial name Rhyacia simulans
(Hufnagel, 1766)Synonyms - Phalaena simulans Hufnagel, 1766
- Noctua tristis Fabricius, 1775
- Noctua pyrophila [Schiffermüller], 1775
- Phalaena (Noctua) radicea Esper, 1789
- Agrotis simulans var. obscurata Staudinger, 1901
- Agrotis augurides Rothschild, 1914
- Standfussiana simulans
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 Minussinsk.
The wingspan is 45-60 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September.
The larvae feed on Gramineae, Rumex and Taraxacum species.
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