- Autumnal Rustic
Taxobox
name = Autumnal Rustic
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Noctuidae
genus = "Eugnorisma "
species = "E. glareosa"
binomial = "Eugnorisma glareosa"
binomial_authority = Esper,1788 The Autumnal Rustic ("Eugnorisma glareosa") is amoth of the familyNoctuidae . It was previously placed in the genus "Paradiarsia". It is found in northern and westernEurope .The
forewing s are usually pale grey, distinctively marked with a row of three angular black marks. The ground colour, however, is quite variable with pinkish or reddish forms occurring fairly frequently. In the north ofScotland , includingOrkney andShetland , an almost black form occurs (some authorities regard this as a subspecies, "E. g. edda"). The hindwings of the typical forms are white, grey in the darker forms. Thewingspan is 32-38 mm. This species flies from the latter half of August to the first half of September [ [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/noctuinae/eugnorisma/index.html#glareosa Information about Eugnorisma glareosa] ] and is attracted to light and heather flowers.The
larva feeds on a range of plants: It has been recorded on bedstraws, docks,hawkweed s, heather,lettuce , plantains andwillow s as well asgrass es such as "Poa ". This species overwinters as a very small larva.References
External links
* [http://jeffhiggott.topcities.com/lepidoptera/systematic_list/Noctuidae/2117.html Autumnal Rustic at Jeff Higgott's Lepidoptera Pages]
Reading
*Chinery, Michael "Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe" 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
*Skinner, Bernard "Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles" 1984
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