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Noctuidae: Amphipyrinae
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2350 Small Wainscot Chortodes pygmina, (Haworth, 1809)
KR09876

 Photo © Barry Dickerson
Small Wainscot
 Photo © Barry Dickerson
 pre-1980 
 1980-1999 
 2000-2009 
 2010-Onwards 
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Whitelye, Gwent
Whitelye, Gwent
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
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This species has a variable ground colour, with specimens ranging from pale buff to deep reddish-brown.

 

Pupates in a hollow stem or in leaf litter.


Overwinters as a larva.

Both sexes come to light.

Forewing length: 10-14mm.
Food Plant(s): Lesser Pond-sedge (Carex acutiformis), Glaucous Sedge (Carex flacca), grasses
Flying: One generation, August-September
UK Presence: Resident
National status: Common


Marsh and wet heathland.




Recorded in 58 (21.5%) of the 270 2km squares of Huntingdonshire.
Last recorded in September 2012.
Recorded date range (adult): 29th June to 30th October.


Great Staughton
Great Staughton
 Photo © Peter Bissell
 Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula
 Photo © Barry Dickerson
 Mere Wainscot Chortodes fluxa
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire
 Photo © Martin Lovell
 Small Rufous Coenobia rufa



Larva Coding:
Type:
Wrinkled
Colours:
Pink, yellow, black, grey, brown
Proleg Pairs:
5



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