Species Details

ABH: 73.100

BF: 2391

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Chilodes maritima

Authority: (Tauscher, 1806)

Vernacular: Silky Wainscot

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 25 May (2007) — 19 Aug (1976)

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

Foodplant: Phragmites australis (Common Reed).

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/chilodes-maritima/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 23

Individuals: 18

Earliest Year: 1906

Latest Year: 2018

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