''Standfussiana lucernea'', the northern rustic, is a
moth of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
. It is found from the
Iberian Peninsula,
Italy and
Greece in
southern Europe, north through most of the continent up to
Fennoscandia
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Fennoscandia (Finnish language, Finnish, Swedish language, Swedish and no, Fennoskandia, nocat=1; russian: Фенноскандия, Fennoskandiya) or the Fennoscandian Peninsula is the geographical peninsula in Europe, which includes ...
west to
Ireland and
Iceland.
Technical description and variation
The
wingspan is 36–46 mm. Forewing pale grey, with a green flush; lines black defined by pale grey; broad dark median and submarginal shades; orbicular stigma grey, pale-edged, generally obsolete; reniform a dark lunule; fringe grey; hindwing fuscous, darker towards termen; fringe white; the male is generally blacker than the female. The form from Scotland, to which Stephens gave the name ''renigera'' is blackish grey, much darker than European examples. ''cataleuca'' Boisd. has the dark median shade prominent.
Adults are on wing from July to August.
Larva blackish, with obscure markings; a subdorsal row of blackish dentate marks containing pale spots behind them. The larvae feed on various grasses and low plants including ''
Sedum''. Other recorded food plants include ''
Arenaria'', ''
Campanula
''Campanula'' () is one of several genera of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae commonly known as bellflowers. They take both their common and scientific names from the bell-shaped flowers — ''campanula'' is Latin for "little bell" ...
'', ''
Cerastium'', ''
Primula'', ''
Stellaria
''Stellaria'' is a genus of about 190 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include starwort, stitchwort and chickweed.
Description
''Stellaria'' species are relatively small ...
'' and ''
Saxifraga'' species.
A mountain species, it is found in the
Alps,
Apennines
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which wou ...
,
Carpathians and
Balkan Mountains
The Balkan mountain range (, , known locally also as Stara planina) is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border betw ...
.
Subspecies
*''Standfussiana lucernea lucernea''
*''Standfussiana lucernea cataleuca''
*''Standfussiana lucernea arguta''
*''Standfussiana lucernea pescona''
*''Standfussiana lucernea illyrica''
References
External links
Fauna Europaea Lepiforum e.V.UK Moths
Noctuinae
Moths described in 1758
Moths of Europe
Moths of Iceland
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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