Mottled Rustic

Caradrina morpheus

Common to abundant in much of England and Wales, scarcer in Scotland and Ireland.

Larva greyish brown or dark brown; dorsal line paler, with dark irregular edges; a subdorsal row of blackish sagittate (arrowhead shaped) markings; spiracular line darker; head brown with dark speckling. 

The Larvae feeds on a number of herbaceous plants, especially Nettle and Dandelion.

Forewing dull dark fuscous with a greyish tinge; inner and outer lines obscure, double, the arms far apart; subterminal line grey, with dark suffusion on inner side; orbicular and reniform cloudy fuscous, the latter with a slight fulvous stain on its outer edge at middle; hindwing dull whitish.

The Moth flies in one generation from mid-May to August