Species Details

ABH: 73.136

BF: 2369

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Nonagria typhae

Authority: (Thunberg, 1784)

Vernacular: Bulrush Wainscot

Account: Common in fens, reed-beds and marshes throughout much of the British Isles Similar to Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa but shows a subterminal row of interneural dots or short, wedge-shaped streaks. Moths taken at light away from known breeding locations are invariably wandering females. Larva feeds on Bulrush, 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: 40 — 54 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 Jul (2007) — 16 Oct (1963)

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

Foodplant: Typha sp.

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/nonagria-typhae/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 294

Individuals: 185

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 2023

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