Aporophyla nigra

Black rustic
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Aporophyla
Species:
A. nigra
Binomial name
Aporophyla nigra
(Haworth, 1809)
Synonyms
  • Noctua nigra Haworth, 1809
  • Phalaena Noctua lunula Ström, 1768 (preocc. Phalaena lunula Hufnagel, 1766)
  • Noctua nigricans Hübner, [1813]
  • Aporophylla nigra var. seileri Fuchs, 1901

Aporophyla nigra, the black rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found from North Africa, through southern and central Europe to Anatolia, in the north it is found up to Scotland and southern Norway. It is also found in the Caucasus, Israel and Lebanon.