Small Wainscot (Denticucullus pygmina (=Chortodes), (Haworth, 1809))

General Information

This species has a variable ground colour, with specimens ranging from pale buff to deep reddish-brown.

Pupates in a hollow stem or in leaf litter.

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

Forewing length: 10-14mm.
Foodplant(s): Lesser Pond-sedge (Carex acutiformis), Glaucous Sedge (Carex flacca), grasses
Flying: One generation, August-September
UK Presence: Resident
National status:

Habitat

Marsh and wet heathland.

Regional Information

There are no records in the system yet in Bulgaria.

Similar Species

Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula

Mere Wainscot Photedes fluxa (=Chortodes)

Small Rufous Coenobia rufa

09876 Small Wainscot Denticucullus pygmina (=Chortodes), (Haworth, 1809)

BF2350 (ABH73.144)