Mere Wainscot (Photedes fluxa (=Chortodes), (Hübner, [1809]))

General Information

Pupates in leaf litter.

Overwinters as Overwinters as a larva.
Both sexes come to light.

Forewing length: 12-15mm.
Foodplant(s): Wood Small-reed (Calamagrostis epigejos)
Flying: One generation, July-mid August
UK Presence: Resident, Possible Immigrant
National status:

Habitat

Open areas in woodland, fens, marshes, reed-beds and ditch-banks.

Regional Information

There are no records in the system yet in Bulgaria.

Similar Species

Concolorous Photedes extrema (=Chortodes)

Small Wainscot Denticucullus pygmina (=Chortodes)

09875 Mere Wainscot Photedes fluxa (=Chortodes), (Hübner, [1809])

BF2349 (ABH73.145)