Species Details

ABH: 73.134

BF: 2375

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Rhizedra lutosa

Authority: (Hübner, [1803])

Vernacular: Large Wainscot

Account: Common in reed-beds throughout much of the British Isles, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan The most likely confusion species is Bulrush Wainscot Nonagria typhae, which see for differences. Occasional wanderers, nearly always females, are taken at light some distant from known breeding colonies. Larva feeds on Common 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: 36 — 52 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 10 Aug (1959) — 15 Nov (2018)

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/rhizedra-lutosa/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 152

Individuals: 68

Earliest Year: 1902

Latest Year: 2019

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