Flame Wainscot (Senta flammea (=Mythimna), (Curtis, 1828))

General Information
Pupates in a dead reed stem.
Overwinters as Overwinters as a pupa.
Both sexes readily come to light, sometimes in numbers.

Forewing length: 14-18mm.
Foodplant(s): Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
Flying: One generation, mid May-early July
UK Presence: Resident and Immigrant
National status: Nationally Scarce A

Habitat

Broads, coastal reedbeds, fens and marshes. Open, rather than dense, reedbeds.

Regional Information

There are no records in the system yet in MyPlace.

Similar Species

Silky Wainscot Chilodes maritimus

73.305 (BF2209) Flame Wainscot Senta flammea (=Mythimna), (Curtis, 1828)

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