Species Details

ABH: 63.077

BF: 1290

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Taxon: Chilo phragmitella

Authority: (Hübner, [1810])

Vernacular: Reed Veneer

Account: Local in reed-beds and fens throughout much of England and Wales Males are unmistakable; females could be confused with female Schoenobiinae, but in those species the costa is convex towards apex, whereas in C. phragmitella it is distinctly concave [Goater]. Larva feeds within stems of Common Reed and Reed Sweet-grass.

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: male 24 — 32 mm; female 30 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jul (2015) — 2 Aug (2018)

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

Foodplant: Glyceria maxima (Reed Sweet-grass), Phragmites sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/chilo-phragmitella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2018

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