UK Status 
 
Resident. National Scarce B. S,SE,SW. 
 
Montgomeryshire Status 
 
First recorded in 2015 at Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve in the west of the
county. This was only the second record in north Wales. 
 
Wingspan
:
  M & F, 36-47mm. 
 
Confusion species 
 
Rush Wainscot and Bulrush Wainscot. | 
Flight
time (Montgomeryshire) 
 Habitat 
 
Reedbeds, fens, marshes, riversides, marshes and margins to ponds and
lakes. 
 
Foodplant
  
Bulrush, lesser bulrush, yellow iris, common club-rush and branched
bur-reed. 
 Lifestage data
  
Overwinters as a egg attached to a leaf: Larva, may to mid August:
Pupates in stem, particularly of bulrush. | 
 
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