Hoplodrina blanda
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Hoplodrina blanda (the rustic) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm (Europe, Morocco, Iran, Russia – south Urals, and southwest Siberia). The wingspan is 31–35 mm. The length of the forewings is 13–16 mm. Forewing fawn-tinged grey, with a fuscous suffusion, with the ground colour sometimes paler, more luteous ochreous, especially in examples from W. Turkestan; costal edge pale; inner and outer lines obscurely marked; the median and praesubmarginal shades distinct; stigmata fuscous grey, with pale annuli; hindwing whitish, grey-tinged towards termen; the veins and cell mark darker; altogether darker grey in the female. Occurs throughout Northern and Central Europe and in Central Asia. These Asiatic examples — from Issyk-Kul; the defile of Little Kisil-su, Tianshan; Kappak, Alexander Mts.; and Ketmen-tjube, Sussamyr Mts.; must be separated certainly as an ab. centralasiae ab. nov. [Warren] though very possibly a distinct species; the ground colour of the forewing is paler, tinged with pinkish brown along the two folds, and the dark markings stand out more conspicuously; the costal edge is pale; the hindwing... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a The Rustic sighting in London on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 644th most-seen of the 1504 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a The Rustic in London on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months.
Only London, in our data
London is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate The Rustic sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Hoplodrina
The closest relatives of the The Rustic that you can see in London (genus Hoplodrina) are Vine's Rustic (about 20%) and The Uncertain (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the The Rustic is recorded against all the insects logged in London (38 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
