Obscure Wainscot (Leucania obsoleta (=Mythimna), (Hübner, [1803]))

General Information
Pupates inside a dead reed stem.
Overwinters as Overwinters as a larva.
Both sexes readily come to light, sometimes in numbers.

Forewing length: 18-20mm.
Foodplant(s): Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
Flying: One generation, mid May-mid July
UK Presence: Resident
National status:

Habitat

Reedbeds, fens, marshes, riversides, estuaries and reedy margins of ponds and lakes.

Regional Information

There are no records in the system yet in Bulgaria.

Similar Species

Lyme Grass Longalatedes elymi (=Chortodes)

Southern Wainscot Mythimna straminea

Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura

Dobarsko, Rila Mtns., 29th July 2017. Light trap.

Shoulder-striped Wainscot Leucania comma (=Mythimna)

Madzharovo, Eastern Rhodopis.18th June 2015.

L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album

10010 Obscure Wainscot Leucania obsoleta (=Mythimna), (Hübner, [1803])

BF2204 (ABH73.302)