About Xestia ashworthii Doubleday, 1855
Ashworth's rustic, with the scientific name Xestia ashworthii Doubleday, 1855, is a species of moth. This moth has blue-grey colouring and is mainly nocturnal. In Britain, this species has one generation per year, active from mid-June to August. The larval stage occurs from August to late May or June of the following year. Larvae feed mostly at night, but sometimes bask in the open during the day in spring. Larvae use many different low-growing plants as food, including common rock-rose, wild thyme, sheep's sorrel, harebell, salad burnet, bell heather, goldenrod, lady's bedstraw, creeping willow, and foxglove. Pupation happens inside a flimsy cocoon placed under moss, among rocks, or just below the ground surface.
