Hoplodrina superstes

Powdered rustic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Noctuidae
Genus:Hoplodrina
Species: H. superstes
Binomial name
Hoplodrina superstes
Synonyms
  • Caradrina superstes Ochsenheimer, 1816

Hoplodrina superstes, the powdered rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is common in central and southern Europe. In the north there is a population on Alderney. On the British mainland it is only present as a stray.[2] In the east, the range extends to the Ural and in the south it ranges to Morocco, Turkey, Ukraine and northern Iran.

The wingspan is 28–34 mm. The forewings are yellowish brown to light grey brown with black scales. The hindwings are uniformly whitish. There is one generation per year in the northern part of the range, with adults on wing from June to July. In the south, there are two generations. Adults of the second generation are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on Taraxacum, Plantago, Galium and Rumex species. Full-grown larvae range from yellowish grey to reddish grey. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Powdered rustic on UKmoths

Further reading

  • Walter Forster, Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: Die Schmetterlinge Mitteleuropas – Bd. IV Eulen (Noctuidae). Franckh’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1971.
  • Günter Ebert (Hrsg.): Die Schmetterlinge Baden-Württembergs Band 6, Nachtfalter IV. 622 S., Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 1997 (Eulen (Noctuidae) 2. Teil), ISBN 3-8001-3482-9
  • Michael Fibiger und Hermann Hacker: Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 9 Amphipyrinae, Condicinae, Eriopinae, Xyleninae (part). 410 S., Entomological Press, Sorø 2007 ISBN 87-89430-11-5
  • Manfred Koch: Wir bestimmen. Schmetterlinge – Band 3. Eulen. 2. Auflage, Neumann, Radebeul 1972.


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