73.137 Arenostola phragmitidis (Fen Wainscot)
fw: 14-16mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 32-36mm (MBGBI10); Jul-Aug; common reed (Phragmites australis); local in reedbeds in England and Wales.
Arenostola phragmitidis (Fen Wainscot) §1 male
ID: Forewing ground colour varies from light straw to light reddish-brown, the colour becoming darker towards the termen; hindwing fuscous with paler veins and whitish fringes. Antenna: male - shortly and densely ciliate; female - sparsely ciliate.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 13/07/2008; male; fw 15.2mm
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 29/07/2012; male; fw 15.2mm
§3 Foulness, Essec; 19/07/2014; female; fw 15.0mm
§4 North Warren, Suffolk; 16/07/2017; male; fw 12.6mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 09/07/2022; female; fw 15.3mm
§6 ??; male
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§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 29/07/2012; male; fw 15.2mm
§3 Foulness, Essec; 19/07/2014; female; fw 15.0mm
§4 North Warren, Suffolk; 16/07/2017; male; fw 12.6mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 09/07/2022; female; fw 15.3mm
§6 ??; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 08/03/2016 (§1-3) | §4 added 16/04/2018 | §5 added 14/12/2022 | §6 added 17/01/2023
