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:

Habitat

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

Regional Information

There are no records in the system yet in Bulgaria.

Similar Species

Silky Wainscot Chilodes maritimus

10017 Flame Wainscot Senta flammea (=Mythimna), (Curtis, 1828)

BF2209 (ABH73.305)