| UK Status 
 Resident. Local S,(C).
 
 Montgomeryshire
Status
 
 A local and not very common species. Recorded from scattered sites across the county.
 
 Wingspan
:  M
& F, 36-43mm.
 
 Confusion
species
 
 Other wainscots.
 | Flight
time (Montgomeryshire) 
 Habitat
 
 Wet and boggy places.
 
 Foodplant
 
 Broadleaf grasses including, common reed, purple moor-grass and reed
canary-grass.
 
 Lifestage data
 
 Overwinters as a very small larva. Larva August-May, feeding at night.
Pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.
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