#2423 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Flounced Rustic

🇳🇱 Gewone grasuil ·Luperina testacea

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Anxos Romeo Barreiro · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
8. © Thomas Brooks · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Pluvialis · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Luperina testacea , the flounced rustic , is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, Asia Minor and Armenia.

base stats

NL sightings 605iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,716iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 605 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #39 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
11,716 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 (251 years ago).