Species Details

ABH: 73.137

BF: 2377

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Arenostola phragmitidis

Authority: (Hübner, [1803])

Vernacular: Fen Wainscot

Account: Local in and around reed-beds, from Dorset to Yorkshire, and in Lancashire and Cumbria. Locally distributed in Hampshire, principally on the south-east coast, and inland from the upper Test valley and the lower Avon. Quite scarce on the Isle of Wight, but now annual in small numbers. Wanderers can occur far from suitable habitat. Wingspan 32-36 mm. The smooth creamy appearance of the forewing, darker towards the termen, precludes confusion with any other species (MBGBI Vol 10). Larva feeds on Common Reed.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 32 — 36 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 Jul (1982) — 15 Aug (1968)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant:

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/arenostola-phragmitidis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 13

Individuals: 9

Earliest Year: 1954

Latest Year: 2009

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