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Noctuidae : Noctuinae

Autumnal Rustic

EUGNORISMA (Eugnorisma) glareosa (Esper,1788)
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Description
Wingspan: 32 - 38mm
Worldwide Distribution: W Europe : N Africa - Morocco
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Great Britain,Isle of Man,Ireland : Most frequent north of a line between Severn to Humber : Channel Isles - widespread and frequent
UK Conservation Status -
  • E.glareosa (Esper,1788) - Common = > 300 10km squares
  • E.g.f.edda Staudinger , [1892] - Shetland - Local = 101 - 300  10km squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Phalaena glareosa (Esper,1788)
Type Species - Eugnorisma
  • Graphiphora insignata Lederer, 1853
Type Locality -
  • Europe
Flight Period: August - October
Habitat: Heathland : Moorland : Rough Grassland : Fens : Shingle Beaches : Open Woodland
Similar Species -
  • Ingrailed Clay - Diarsia mendica ssp thulei - Staudinger [1892]
Larva: The 35mm final instar larva is light brown with white dorsal line and thinner white subdorsal lines and a broad buff subspiracular line. Head reddish brown marked with black.
Pupa: Pupates just below soil in loose cocoon
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The moth is easily identified by the light to dark grey or pale orange brown forewings with black shaped marks along the costa from base to median area are diagnostic.
The Shetland form E.g.f.edda Staudinger , [1892] has much darker greyish black forewings which make the moth similar to the Shetland form of the Ingrailed Clay D.m. ssp thulei - Staudinger [1892]
Pink forms are more common in western Britain and the orange -brown form occurs in Kent.

Moth attracted to light and flowers.
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EUGNORISMA  Boursin, 1946
Eugnorisma Boursin, 1946
Eugnorisma (Eugnorisma) glareosa (Esper,1788)
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Graphiphora insignata Lederer, 1853
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PHALAENA glareosa (Esper,1788)
= Paradiarsia glareosa Esper, 1788
= Phalaena (Noctua) glareosa Esper, 1788
= Phalaena (Noctua) decempunctata Villers, 1789
= Noctua hebraeica Hübner, [1819]
= Noctua i-geminum Duponchel, 1826
= suffusa Tutt, 1892
= Eugnorisma glareosum
= Eugnorisma (Eugnorisma) glareosa
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Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur - Vol. IV, Part.2 : Title Page : p.387 - Noct 49
Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur - Volume v5 (plates) : Tab. CXXV111 -  f.3
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Europe
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E.g.f.edda Staudinger , [1892] - Shetland