| Six-striped Rustic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Xestia |
| Species: | X. sexstrigata |
| Binomial name | |
| Xestia sexstrigata (Haworth, 1809) |
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The Six-striped Rustic (Xestia sexstrigata) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe apart from the far south east.
This is a fairly small species with a wingspan of 36-38 mm. It has pale brown forewings marked with six dark fascia although some of these can be indistinct. The hindwings are pale buff, darker towards the margin. The moth flies at night in July and August [1] and is attracted to light and sugar, as well as the flowers of ragwort.
The larva feeds on various herbaceous plants including dock, plantain and various grasses. The species overwinters as a larva.