{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Expand German|topic=scitech|Rusina ferruginea|ga=yes|date=October 2022}} {{Speciesbox | image = Rusina_ferruginea.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Rusina ferruginea | authority = (Esper, 1785) | synonyms = *''Charanyca ferruginea'' <small>(Esper, 1785)</small> }}
The '''brown rustic''' (''Rusina ferruginea'') is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/xyleninae/charanyca/index.html|title=Charanyca genus|author=Markku Savela|publisher=funet.fi|date=March 21, 2008|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> then East across the Palearctic to the Sayan Mountains in Central Asia. thumb|left|200px|Larva
The wingspan is 32–40 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is dark brown. A series of small white marks run along the costa. The stigmata are not well defined. The antemedian line runs obliquely from the costa and is darker than the ground colour. The postmedian line is fine and also darker than ground colour. The subterminal line is dark and irregular. The hindwings are yellow brown, with darker veins and a small discal spot. Adult caterpillars are reddish-brown ground. The yellow-white dorsal line is very narrow, as are the clear secondary back lines. The posterior segments of the body have blackish slashes. The lateral stripe is grey-brown, the stigma black and the head dark brown.
The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including ''Rumex'' species.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hostplants/ |title= Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Charanyca ferruginea}} *[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=2302 Brown Rustic on UKmoths] *[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/xyleninae/charanyca/index.html Funet] ''Charanyca'' Taxonomy *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101235/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=447218 ''Charanyca ferruginea'' on Fauna Europaea] *[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Charanyca_Ferruginea ''Charanyca ferruginea'' on Lepiforum.de] *[http://www.vlindernet.nl/vlindersoort.php?vlinderid=735&vq=Charanyca ''Charanyca ferruginea'' on Vlindernet.nl {{in lang|nl}}]
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Category:Moths of Europe Category:Moths of Asia Category:Taxa named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper Category:Caradrinini
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