Vine's Rustic

Hoplodrina ambigua

Very common & widespread in Britain, mainly nocturnal.

The Larvae is dull brownish with darker markings and feeds on low plants such as Dock and Plantain.

Forewing greyish ochreous, sometimes uniformly washed with brownish; the lines and stigmata dark grey, the latter with pale annuli; submarginal line luteous preceded by a dark grey shade; hindwing dirty pale grey in Male, darker in Female.

The Moth flies in two generations from early May to mid-October.