Aporophyla nigra

Aporophyla nigra, the black rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found from North Africa, through southern and central Europe to Anatolia, in the north it is found up to Scotland and southern Norway. It is also found in the Caucasus, Israel and Lebanon.

Aporophyla nigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Aporophyla
Species:
A. nigra
Binomial name
Aporophyla nigra
(Haworth, 1809)
Synonyms
  • Noctua nigra Haworth, 1809
  • Phalaena Noctua lunula Ström, 1768 (preocc. Phalaena lunula Hufnagel, 1766)
  • Noctua nigricans Hübner, [1813]
  • Aporophylla nigra var. seileri Fuchs, 1901

Description
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

The wingspan is 40–48 mm. Forewing deep black, the outer area beyond outer line often appearing brown; the inner and outer lines and the edges of stigmata deeper black; outer edge of reniform marked with yellowish spots; subterminal line rarely visible; hindwing in male white, sometimes with veins and termen clouded with fuscous, in female smoky grey brown, more whitish towards base; — ab. seileri Fuchs includes the intenser black forms without any trace of brown.[1]

Biology

Adults are on wing in September and October and sometimes also in December and January.

Larva yellow green, with three well-marked red dorsal lines and a similar coloured lateral line; spiracles white; or green with the dorsal lines confluent, brown red, divided finely by white; the brown-red subdorsal and spiracular lines confluent into a broad band, with a yellow-red-edged streak below it. The larvae feed on various plants, including Poaceae, Trifolium, Rumex, Sanguisorba minor and Genista.[2]

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gollark: The obfuscator thing there isn't valid Lua.
gollark: Edited.
gollark: Good luck comprehending *this* without a lot of work.
gollark: And binding _G to yet another underscore value.

References
  1. Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
  2. Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.


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