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Common Rustic agg.
Mesapamea secalis agg.
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2343x / 73.1691
Photo © John Marchant,  02/07/2014 - Winfarthing

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Similar Species: None
Forewing: 11-16mm.
Flight: One generation July-Aug.
Foodplant:   Grasses.
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:
Status
Common Rustic and Lesser Common Rustic are almost identical in appearance and can only be reliably separated by examination of the genitalia.

Undetermined specimens should be recorded as Common Rustic agg.

Recorded in 68 (92%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1930.
Last Recorded in 2025.
Additional Stats
Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
11/07/20256127TG42Eccles
11/07/2025627TM18Tibenham
11/07/2025428TL99Rockland St Peter
11/07/2025627TG31Upton
11/07/2025828TF51Wiggenhall
11/07/2025327TG10Cringleford (UEA)
11/07/2025127TG20Norwich (Thorpe Hamlet)
11/07/2025328TF62King's Lynn
11/07/2025127TM18Winfarthing
10/07/2025928TF63Dersingham
Further info: Mesapamea secalis agg.
 
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