Red List: Least Concern (LC). GB Status: Common.

Identification

Usually distinctive.

Recording Method.

Attracted to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a larva. Larvae August to April. Pupates in reed stems.

Larval foodplants

Living or dead invertebrates and the tissues inside Common Reed stems.

Habitat

Reedbeds.

History

There were two records of this moth which is gradually moving north and has also been recorded from the Scottish Borders.

The first record came in 2005 when one was trapped at Glenearly Caravan Park on 7th July. The second was trapped at a joint RSPB/SWT field meeting at Clonyard Loch on 28th June 2010, with the photo verified by Roy Leverton.