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Small Wainscot
Denticucullus pygmina (Haworth, 1809)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2350 / 73.144
Photo © Peter Kitchener

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Forewing: 10-14mm.
Flight: One generation Aug-Sept.
Foodplant:   Sedges and other grasses.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Local.
Variable ground colour, with specimens ranging from pale buff to deep reddish-brown.
Marshy areas, wet heathland and other damp localities.

Recorded in 63 (85%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1834.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
10/10/2023127TM18Winfarthing
03/10/2023127TG41Filby
30/09/2023127TG33Ridlington
27/09/2023127TG42Eccles
25/09/20231127TG31Ludham
23/09/2023127TG42Eccles
20/09/2023127TG42Eccles
17/09/2023127TG42Eccles
17/09/2023127TG32Neatishead / Barton Broad
16/09/2023127TG42Eccles
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