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Striped Wainscot
Mythimna pudorina ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Noctuidae: Hadeninae
2196 / 73.289
Photo © Francis Farrow,  06/07/2013 - Sheringham Common

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Reed Dagger
Simyra albovenosa
Forewing: 16-19mm.
Flight: One generation June-July.
Foodplant:   Broadleaved grasses.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Local.
Mostly recorded in the Broads or North Norfolk coastal locations on marshland and damp heaths, coastal vegetated shingle, fens, heathland and scrub.
The larvae feed on marshland grasses, including Common Reed, Purple Moor-grass and Reed Canary-grass.

More rounded wings than similar related species.

Recorded in 56 (76%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1873.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
09/08/2023127TG33Ridlington
30/07/2023927TG04Cley next the Sea
27/07/2023427TG04Cley next the Sea
21/07/2023127TG42Eccles
17/07/2023127TG42Eccles
11/07/2023127TG42Eccles
11/07/2023128TF62Dersingham Bog
10/07/2023227TG42Eccles
09/07/2023127TG14Sheringham / Beeston
09/07/2023328TF74Holme NNR
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