Black rustic
The black rustic is a moth with deep black front wings, as dark as a night sky. It has small yellowish spots near the middle of each wing. It flies in autumn, when many other moths are gone.
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Fun facts
It flies in September and October, and sometimes even in December and January.
The male has white back wings, while the female's are smoky grey-brown.
The caterpillar is yellow-green with red lines along its back.
Some black rustics are pure black with no brown at all.
Most asked questions about Black rustic
?When does the black rustic fly?
In autumn, in September and October, and sometimes in winter.
?What does the black rustic eat?
Its caterpillars eat grasses, clover, dock and other low plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Aporophyla nigra
- Named by
- Haworth, 1809
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- Africa, Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Aporophyla nigra (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Dumi. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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