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Limnaecia phragmitella

Checklist Number
34.004 [B&F: 0898]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Cosmopterigidae
Subfamily:Cosmopteriginae
Genus:Limnaecia
Species:phragmitella
Authority:Stainton, 1851

Common in fens, marshes and freshwater margins throughout the British Isles, but not in northern Scotland. Fairly widely distributed across Hampshire but perhaps under-recorded, and decidedly uncommon on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 16-22 mm. Rather difficult to assign to a family, perhaps, but once known, the species is easy enough to identify. Larva feeds within flowering spikes of Bulrush and Lesser Bulrush.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)