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

There are no records in the system yet in MyPlace.

Similar Species

Small Wainscot Denticucullus pygmina (=Chortodes)

Concolorous Photedes extrema (=Chortodes)

73.145 (BF2349) Mere Wainscot Photedes fluxa (=Chortodes), (Hübner, [1809])

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