Species Details

ABH: 63.120

BF: 1328

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Schoenobiinae

Taxon: Schoenobius gigantella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Giant Water-veneer

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 28 May (2017) — 29 Jul (2018)

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

Foodplant: Glyceria maxima (Reed Sweet-grass), Phragmites sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/schoenobius-gigantella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2013

Latest Year: 2018

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