Clancy's rustic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Caradrina |
Species: | C. kadenii |
Binomial name | |
Caradrina kadenii (Freyer, 1836) | |
Synonyms | |
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Caradrina kadenii, or Clancy's rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1836. It originates from southern and central Europe, Asia Minor and southern Russia but in the 21st century it has extended its range to the north.
Forewing luteous (muddy yellow) with a slight brownish tinge; the inner and outer lines indistinct, marked by black vein dots, and black costal spots; subterminal line interrupted, formed by whitish striae with rufous dentate marks internally; the termen with black striae; the orbicular a rufous dot; the reniform a rufous lunule with whitish clots round it; hindwing pure white in the male with some blackish striae along termen, dirty whitish in the female. Larva greyish brown, with whitish dorsal and dark subdorsal and lateral lines; the head and thoracic plate dark brown. [1] The wingspan is about 30 mm. The length of the forewings is 12–15 mm.
The moth flies from May to October, depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various low-growing herbaceous plants.
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Caradrina morpheus, the mottled rustic, is a moth of the superfamily Noctuoidea. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is found across the Palearctic from northern Europe to Siberia, Amur and Korea. Also in Armenia and Turkestan. It was accidentally introduced on both the east and west coasts of Canada and is so far reported in the east from New Brunswick to Ontario, and in the west from British Columbia.
Luperina testacea, the flounced rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, Asia Minor and Armenia.
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Mythimna favicolor, or Mathew's wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Charles Golding Barrett in 1896. It is found in Europe. The species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Mythimna pallens, the common wainscot.
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