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Webb's Wainscot

Globia sparganii

Checklist Number
73.151 [B&F: 2373]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Noctuidae
Subfamily:Xyleninae
Genus:Globia
Species:sparganii
Authority:(Esper, 1789)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in reed-beds, marshes and gravel pits, on the coasts of southern England from Scilly to Lincolnshire. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight locally common in the marshes in the south of the county and on the Island, but only recorded once in the north of the county, at Bramshill Plantation in July 2006. Wingspan 34-44 mm. The most likely confusion species is Rush Wainscot A. algae, but in Webb's Wainscot the postmedian line is usually more conspicuous, and represented by about seven neural dots absent in Rush Wainscot (MBGBI Vol 10). Larva feeds on Bulrush, Lesser Bulrush, Yellow Iris and Branched Bur-reed, over-wintering as an egg.

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
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