Species Details

ABH: 73.339

BF: 2105

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Rhyacia simulans

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Dotted Rustic

Account: Local in gardens, hedgerows, woodland, moorland and mountains, discontinuously across much of the British Isles The most likely confusion species is Northern Rustic Standfussiana lucernea, which see for differences. Larva feeds on various herbaceous plants and grasses.

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: 45 — 60 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 Jun (1992) — 4 Oct (1983)

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

Foodplant: Elymus sp., Taraxacum sp.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/rhyacia-simulans/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 22

Individuals: 9

Earliest Year: 1949

Latest Year: 1998

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