Species Details

ABH: 73.144

BF: 2350

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Denticucullus pygmina

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: Small Wainscot

Account: Common in fens, marshes, river-banks, damp woodland and gardens throughout the British Isles. Locally common in marshes in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight, with occasional wanderers appearing at light elsewhere. Wingspan 22-25 mm. Small size and dark suffusion on veins make this an easy species to recognise. Larva feeds on Lesser Pond-sedge, Glaucous Sedge, Rough Meadow-grass and other grasses.

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: 22 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 Jul (1985) — 23 Oct (1956)

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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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/denticucullus-pygmina/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 162

Individuals: 71

Earliest Year: 1840

Latest Year: 2025

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