Lepidoptera The Flounced Rustic Moth – Luperina Testacea
Fig. 149.-The Flounced Rustic.
The fore wings are greyish brown, with darker umber-brown markings. These latter are variable, but the most conspicuous is a series of dark crescent-shaped spots almost parallel with the hind margin, and immediately outside these is a series of paler crescents.
The caterpillar is dull flesh-colour, with a brown head, and a brownish plate on the second segment. It feeds on the stems of grasses.
The moth is common throughout the British Isles, and flies in August and September.