''Caradrina kadenii'', or Clancy's rustic, is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by

Christian Friedrich Freyer Christian Friedrich Freyer (25 August 1794, Wassertrüdingen – 11 November 1885, Augsburg) was a German entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are cal ...

in 1836. It originates from southern and central Europe,

Asia Minor Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...

and southern Russia but in the 21st century it has extended its range to the north.

Technical description and variation

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. Warren. W. in 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 The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan o ...

is about 30 mm. The length of the forewings is 12–15 mm.

Biology

The moth flies from May to October, depending on the location. The larvae feed on various low-growing herbaceous plants.

Subspecies

*''Caradrina kadenii kadenii'' *''Caradrina kadenii insularis'' (Sardinia)

References

External links

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"09424 ''Caradrina kadenii'' Freyer, [1836] - Kadens Staubeule"
''Lepiforum e. V.'' Retrieved 10 October 2020.
"Kadeni-stofuil ''Caradrina kadenii''"
''De Vlinderstichting''. Retrieved 10 October 2020. Caradrinini Moths of Europe Moths of Asia Moths of the Middle East Taxa named by Christian Friedrich Freyer Moths described in 1836 {{Caradrinini-stub