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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