Species Details

ABH: 63.079

BF: 1292

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Taxon: Calamotropha paludella

Authority: (Hübner, [1824])

Vernacular: Bulrush Veneer

Account: Local in fens, marshes, river-banks and gravel pits in parts of southern England and southern Wales, increasing in recent years and an occasional wanderer away from its breeding habitat Female larger and plainer than male, but both sexes readily identifiable. Larva feeds within dead stems of Bulrush.

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: 23 — 29 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Jun (2007) — 13 Aug (2020)

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

Foodplant: Typha sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/calamotropha-paludella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 39

Individuals: 7

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2020

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