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Mere Wainscot

Photedes fluxa

Checklist Number
73.145 [B&F: 2349]

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:Photedes
Species:fluxa
Authority:(Hübner, [1809])

Nationally scarce (Nb) in fens and open woodland in parts of south-eastern England, where virtually restricted to Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Northamptonshire. In Hampshire a small colony was discovered in 1968 in the reed-bed at Browndown on the south coast and occasional wanderers have been reported nearby. On the Isle of Wight, there are two old records from the Sandown district. Wingspan 26-30 mm. The most likely confusion species is Concolorous C. extrema, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Wood Small-reed.

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)

No Larval records to show.

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Sandown (SZ58)1856twoIWGAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Browndown (SZ59)1800-Robert Hayward-
Portsmouth (SZ69)16/07/1962oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Browndown (SZ59)01/09/1963oneStewart SwiftAdult
Browndown (SZ59)1971-David M Appleton-
Browndown north (SZ59)06/08/1976oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Browndown north (SZ59)26/07/1979-Richard J DicksonAdult
Browndown (SZ59)10/07/1981fourReg A BellAdult
Browndown (SZ59)16/07/1983sevenJulian ClarkeAdult
Browndown (SZ59)30/08/1984oneStewart SwiftAdult
Browndown (SZ59)14/08/1987twoStewart SwiftAdult
Sandy Point, Hayling (SZ79)20/07/1997onePeter I V SewellAdult
Beaulieu (SU30)16/08/2004oneBrian Ivon-JonesAdult
Wickham Common (SU51)02/07/2009oneKevin CokerAdult
Sandy Point (SZ79)21/07/2009oneAndy JohnsonAdult
Browndown (SZ59)31/07/2010-John W PhillipsAdult