Caradrina kadenii
| Clancy's rustic | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Caradrina |
| Species: | C. kadenii
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| Binomial name | |
| Caradrina kadenii (Freyer, 1836)
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Caradrina kadenii (Clancy's rustic) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It originates from Southern and Central Europe, Asia Minor and southern Russia but in the 21st century it has extended its range to the North.
Technical description and variation
Forewing luteous with a slight brownish tinge; the inner and outer lines indistinct, marked by black vein dots, and black costal spots; subterminal line interrupted, formed by whitish striae with rufous dentate marks internally; the termen with black striae; the orbicular a rufous dot; the reniform a rufous lunule with whitish clots round it; hindwing pure white in male with some blackish striae along termen, dirty whitish in female. Larva greyish brown, with whitish dorsal and dark subdorsal and lateral lines; the head and thoracic plate dark brown. [1] The wingspan is ca. 30 mm. The length of the forewings is 12–15 mm.
Biology
The moth flies from May to October, depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various low-growing herbaceous plants.
Subspecies
- Caradrina kadenii kadenii
- Caradrina kadenii insularis (Sardinia)
References
- ^ Warren. W. in 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
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External links
- Clancy's Rustic at UKmoths
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Lepiforum.de
- Vlindernet.nl (in Dutch)