Noctuidae : Noctuinae
Six-striped Rustic
XESTIA (Xestia) sexstrigata (Haworth, 1809)
Six-striped Rustic
XESTIA (Xestia) sexstrigata (Haworth, 1809)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 36-38mm
Worldwide Distribution: Western Europe - to S.Sweden : S.Finland : Estonia : Poland : Germany
UK Distribution: Resident-Found throughout most of Great Britain,Isle of Man & Ireland : Shetland Isles & Channel Isles-not recorded
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Prefers wetland type habitats : Wet meadows : Marshes : Damp Woodland : Fens : Gardens
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates underground
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The Six-striped Rustic X.x. sexstrigata is one of the moths that is easily recognisable with the dark brown veins and cross-lines which give the moth its name. The reniform stigmata and orbicular spat are both ringed with the same colour lines.The forewing colour is light brown.
The defining features of this moth tend to remain constant.
The moth is a frequent visitor to the light trap and is also attracted to sugar and flowers of which Ragwort is noted as favourable.
Worldwide Distribution: Western Europe - to S.Sweden : S.Finland : Estonia : Poland : Germany
UK Distribution: Resident-Found throughout most of Great Britain,Isle of Man & Ireland : Shetland Isles & Channel Isles-not recorded
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Noctua sexstrigata (Haworth 1809)
- Noctua ochreago (Hübner, [1809])
- Not Specified
Habitat: Prefers wetland type habitats : Wet meadows : Marshes : Damp Woodland : Fens : Gardens
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Pupates underground
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The Six-striped Rustic X.x. sexstrigata is one of the moths that is easily recognisable with the dark brown veins and cross-lines which give the moth its name. The reniform stigmata and orbicular spat are both ringed with the same colour lines.The forewing colour is light brown.
The defining features of this moth tend to remain constant.
The moth is a frequent visitor to the light trap and is also attracted to sugar and flowers of which Ragwort is noted as favourable.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website
where further information like photos,physical
characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal
uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
- Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Liliaceae - Lily Family
- Hyacinthoides nonscripta - Bluebell
- Plantaginaceae - Plantain Family
- Plantago lanceolata - Ribwort Plantain
- Poaceae - Gramineae - True Grasses Family
- Leymus arenarius - Lyme Grass
- Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Rubus fruticosus - Bramble - Blackberry
- Rubiaceae - Bedstraw Family
- Galium mullugo - Hedge Bedstraw
- Scrophulariaceae - Figwort Family
- Scrophularia auriculata - Water Figwort
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Subgenus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - XESTIA: Original Species Name: Species Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Noctuinae Noctuini XESTIA Hübner, 1818 Xestia Hübner, 1818 XESTIA (Xestia) sexstrigata (Haworth, 1809) - Noctua ochreago (Hübner,[1809]) - NOCTUA sexstrigata (Haworth, 1809) = Noctua 6-strigata Haworth, 1809-T.L. Great Britain = Phalaena umbrosa Hübner, 1790 = Xestia umbrosa = Xestia (Xestia) sexstrigata. - Lepidoptera Britannica (3): Title Page : p.228 - n.198 - Not Specified |