Species Details

ABH: 73.131

BF: 2353

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Luperina testacea

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Flounced Rustic

Account: Common on calcareous grassland, sand-dunes, farmland and open woodland throughout the British Isles. Superficially resembles Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis and its congeners, but postmedian fascia highly dentate (sinuate in Mesapamea), with the main confusion species either extremely rare (Dumeril's Rustic L. dumerilii) or with a limited coastal distribution (Sandhill Rustic L. nickerlii). Larva feeds on roots and lower stems of various grasses, including Common Couch, Red Fescue, Sheep's-fescue, Tall Fescue and some cereal crops.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 32 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 18 Jul (1967) — 15 Oct (1991)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Gramineae.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/luperina-testacea/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 864

Individuals: 4703

Earliest Year: 1903

Latest Year: 2025

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