Photo © Mike Wall

Reed Leopard

Phragmataecia castaneae

Checklist Number
50.003 [B&F: 0160]

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

Classification

Family:Cossidae
Subfamily:Zeuzerinae
Genus:Phragmataecia
Species:castaneae
Authority:(Hübner, 1790)

A vulnerable Red Data Book species in reed-beds at Chippenham Fen and Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire and at Bure Marsh and Hickling Broad in the Norfolk Broads, with a small and declining population in Dorset, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. In Hampshire recorded once, at Axmansford on 2 July 2010, the likely origin being from reed used for thatching: a house two doors away being re-thatched using reed imported from Poland. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan male 30-42 mm, female 38-56 mm. Larva feeds within stems of Common Reed, over-wintering twice.

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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Adult
Larval

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VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Axmansford (SU56)02/07/2010oneMike Wall & Andrew BoltonAdult