Mesapamea secalis

Mesapamea secalis, the common rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in Europe, north-west Africa, Turkey and northern Iran.

Mesapamea secalis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Mesapamea
Species:
M. secalis
Binomial name
Mesapamea secalis
Synonyms
  • Noctua lamda
  • Noctua furca
  • Noctua i-niger
  • Noctua lugens
  • Noctua nova
  • Noctua rava
  • Noctua secalina
  • Parastichtis vilis

The species was formerly considered the same species as the lesser common rustic (Mesapamea didyma) and Remm's rustic (Mesapamea remmi). All three were raised to species level. See Townsend et al. for diagnoses.

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