Species Details

ABH: 73.302

BF: 2204

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Leucania obsoleta

Authority: (Hübner, [1803])

Vernacular: Obscure Wainscot

Account: Local in reed-beds, and by fens, ponds and other freshwater margins throughout much of southern and eastern England Similar to Southern Wainscot M. straminea in many respects. Larva feeds on Common Reed.

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: 36 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 May (2007) — 22 Sep (2024)

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/leucania-obsoleta/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 70

Individuals: 49

Earliest Year: 1947

Latest Year: 2024

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