Species Details

ABH: 73.151

BF: 2373

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Globia sparganii

Authority: (Esper, 1789)

Vernacular: Webb's Wainscot

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in reed-beds, marshes and gravel pits, on the coasts of southern England from Scilly to Lincolnshire The most likely confusion species is Rush Wainscot A. algae, but in Webb's Wainscot the postmedian line is usually more conspicuous, and represented by about seven neural dots absent in Rush Wainscot (MBGBI Vol 10). Larva feeds on Bulrush, Lesser Bulrush, Yellow Iris and Branched Bur-reed, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 34 — 44 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 Jul (2005) — 23 Sep (2000)

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/globia-sparganii/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 76

Individuals: 213

Earliest Year: 1934

Latest Year: 2020

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