Standfussiana lucernea

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Standfussiana lucernea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Standfussiana
Species: S. lucernea
Binomial name
Standfussiana lucernea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena lucernea Linnaeus, 1758

The Northern Rustic (Standfussiana lucernea) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece in southern Europe, north through most of the continent up to Fennoscandia west to Ireland and Iceland.

The wingspan is 36–46 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on various grasses and low plants including Sedum. Other recorded foodplants include Arenaria, Campanula, Cerastium, Primula, Stellaria and Saxifraga species.[1]

Subspecies

  • Standfussiana lucernea lucernea
  • Standfussiana lucernea cataleuca
  • Standfussiana lucernea arguta
  • Standfussiana lucernea pescona
  • Standfussiana lucernea illyrica

References

  1. ↑ "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.". 

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