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Sandhill Rustic
Sandhill Rustic ously unknown subspecies.[2] The female moth is reluc-
tant to fly and rarely appears at light; behaviour that has
Scientific classification presumably evolved as an adaptation to it’s windswept
Kingdom: Animalia habitat. With only one known population ssp. leechi is a
Biodiversity Action Plan species (BAP), is listed in the Red
Phylum: Arthropoda
Data Book (RDB1) and a species account is given in the
Class: Insecta Cornish RDB.[3]
The larvae feed on the stem and roots of Sand Couch,
Order: Lepidoptera
Elytrigia juncea, from September to the following July.[4]
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Luperina The Sandhill Rustic in Ireland
Species: L. nickerlii In Ireland, Sandhill Rustic is represented by the sub-
Binomial name species knilli, which occurs only in County Kerry.
Luperina nickerlii
(Freyer, 1845) References
[1] Waring, P. and Townsend M. (2003). Field Guide to
The Sandhill Rustic Luperina nickerlii is a noctuid moth the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Hook: British
found in various parts of western and central Europe Wildlife Publishing.
with several subspecies. [2] Smith, F.H.N. (1997) The Moths and Butterflies of
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Wallingford: Gem
The Sandhill Rustic in Britain Publishing Company.
[3] Spalding, A., Truscott, L.A.C. and Worth, J. (2009)
In Britain, it flies in one generation between late July and
Moths and Butterflies. In CISBFR, Red Data Book for
late September and is represented by three subspecies[1]:
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition. Praze-an-
• subspecies demuthi, found on the coasts of Kent,
Beeble: Croceago Press.
Essex and Suffolk
[4] Porter J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to
• subspecies gueneei, found in coastal sandhills in
Caterpillars of the British Isles. London: Penguin
North Wales and Lancashire
Group.
Subspecies leechi
Subspecies leechi, is found on Loe Bar, Cornwall, the shin- External links
gle beach which separates Loe Pool from the sea. Two • Site dedicated to the Sandhill Rustic[1]
pupae, found in the sand, by Barry Goater and Michael • Arkive page on the Sandhill Rustic[2]
Leech in September, 1974 was the first sign of this previ-
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