Mere Wainscot (Photedes fluxa (=Chortodes), (Hübner, [1809]))

General Information

Pupates in leaf litter.

Overwinters as Overwinters as a larva.
Both sexes come to light.

Forewing length: 12-15mm.
Foodplant(s): Wood Small-reed (Calamagrostis epigejos)
Flying: One generation, July-mid August
UK Presence: Resident, Possible Immigrant
National status: Nationally Scarce B

Habitat

Open areas in woodland, fens, marshes, reed-beds and ditch-banks.

Regional Information

Recorded in 80 (29.6%) of the 270 2km squares of Huntingdonshire.

Last recorded in August 2021

Recorded date range (Adult): 07 June to 29 August

Similar Species

Concolorous Photedes extrema (=Chortodes)

Whitelye, Monmouthshire. 28th Aug. 2021. Light trap.

Small Wainscot Denticucullus pygmina (=Chortodes)

2349 (ABH73.145) Mere Wainscot Photedes fluxa (=Chortodes), (Hübner, [1809])

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