Hello, from Steve Garten and welcome to my weird and wonderful world of moths.

Iā€™m amateur Lepidopterist, I trap and record moth species on my six acre wildlife meadow at Tibenham Norfolk, UK.

The list of moths listed in this Macro-moths blog and the Micro Moths blog are the species I have recorded since 2015.

Black Rustic-Aporophyla. My Weird & Wonderful World of Moths.

Black Rustic, (Aporophyla nigra).

The moth is from the family of Noctuidae: Subfamily Xyleninae.

A rather long-winged macro species,

With a wingspan of 40 to 46 mm.

The moth has little variation from blackish-brown ground colour and whitish stigmata.

The males have white hindwings, the females duskier.

The moth's habitat is mainly open heathland, moorland, grassland, road-side verges, woodland rides.

Overwinters as a small larva.

The larva appears from October to May.

Feeds at night and hides low down to the ground by the day.

It pupates underground.

The species is classified as a common species of the UK.

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