Kingdom Animalia Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Rhyacia Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
Similar Rhyacia, Butterflies and moths, Xestia castanea, Xestia ditrapezium, Spaelotis ravida | ||
Rhyacia simulans, the dotted rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most of Europe, south to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, east to Turkey, the Caucasus, Tomsk and Minusinsk.
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Technical description and variation
The wingspan is 45–60 mm. It is like Epipsilia 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.
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.
References
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