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Sandhill Rustic

Luperina nickerlii

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Noctuidae

The sandhill rustic (Luperina nickerlii) is a noctuid moth found in various parts of western, southern and central Europe with several subspecies. The species was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1845. Technical description and variation It is like Luperina testacea, but olive grey, without any rufous tinge; inner and outer lines conversely edged with whitish; a blackish shade before inner line from median vein to inner margin, interrupted at vein 1; claviform stigma broadly blackish; orbicular a minute white spot; reniform subquadrate, with fuscous centre and broad white…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 17Italy · 5Germany · 4France · 2