73.102 Rusina ferruginea (Brown Rustic)
fw: m16-18mm, f14-16mm; Jun-Jul; various herbaceous plants; common throughout GB.
Rusina ferruginea (Brown Rustic) §3 male
ID: Forewing dark brown to dark fuscous (darker further north) with 5 or 6 whitish costal spots; male has bipectinate antennae, simple in female; usually distinct antemedian and postmedian lines and a more diffuse subterminal lines; diffuse blackish median fascia; less well-marked in female.
DIssection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 05/06/2009; male; fw 16.6mm
§2 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 24/06/2010; male; fw 16.8mm
§3 New Forest, Hampshire; 03/06/2012; male
§4 Ardnamurchan; 08/07/2012; male
§5 Land End, Cornwall; 07/06/2013; male
§6 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 06/07/2017; female; fw 13.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 24/06/2010; male; fw 16.8mm
§3 New Forest, Hampshire; 03/06/2012; male
§4 Ardnamurchan; 08/07/2012; male
§5 Land End, Cornwall; 07/06/2013; male
§6 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 06/07/2017; female; fw 13.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 08/05/2015 (§1-5) | §6 added 11/04/2018
