73.131 Luperina testacea (Flounced Rustic)
fw: 14-18mm; Aug-Sep; grasses (Poaceae); common in England, Wales and S.Scotland, local in C&N.Scotland.
ID: Variable in size, forewing breadth, forewing colour from dull straw to blackish-brown and a dark bar between the antemedian and postmedian cross-lines near the dorsum may or may not be present; hindwing also varies from white to brownish-white or grey.
L.nickerlii (Sandhill Rustic) has oval very small and round, kidney mark white-edged; hindwing pure silky white.
See Luperina for detailed separation of these species.
Male genitalia: Clavus without a distinct dorsal projection; aedeagus smoothly curved on concave surface
Female genitalia: Margin of ostium slightly concave
L.nickerlii (Sandhill Rustic) has oval very small and round, kidney mark white-edged; hindwing pure silky white.
See Luperina for detailed separation of these species.
Male genitalia: Clavus without a distinct dorsal projection; aedeagus smoothly curved on concave surface
Female genitalia: Margin of ostium slightly concave
§1 Compton Bishop, Somerset; 26/08/2014; male; fw 16.3mm
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 30/08/2013; female; fw 16.3mm
§3 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 14/08/2016; male; fw 16.5mm
§4 Shoeburyness, Essex; 09/09/2016; male; fw 17.9mm
§5 Shoeburyness, Essex; 09/09/2016; female; fw 15.6mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 24/08/2019
§7 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; 20/08/2022
§8 Portland, Dorset; 29/08/2023; female; fw 18.4mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 30/08/2013; female; fw 16.3mm
§3 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 14/08/2016; male; fw 16.5mm
§4 Shoeburyness, Essex; 09/09/2016; male; fw 17.9mm
§5 Shoeburyness, Essex; 09/09/2016; female; fw 15.6mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 24/08/2019
§7 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; 20/08/2022
§8 Portland, Dorset; 29/08/2023; female; fw 18.4mm
All images © Chris Lewis
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§8 added 28/12/2023
§8 added 28/12/2023
