Flounced Rustic, Luperina testacea Noctuidae     Xyleninae (Amphipyrinae)

ABH 73.131
B&F 2353   *   Luperina testacea   *   Flounced Rustic


Common
Wingspan: 30-35mm. Very variable in colour and size

Flight time: July-September
Habitat: Dry grasslands and coastal sand-dunes

Larvae feed underground on roots and stem-bases of grasses



Flounced Rustic, Luperina testacea


Flounced Rustic, Luperina testacea
Flounced Rustic, Luperina testacea
Parkstone, Dorset. September 2012

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