73.289 Mythimna pudorina (Striped Wainscot)
fw: 16-19mm (W&T), ws: 36-43mm (MBGBI9.1), 35-38mm (UKMoths); Jun-Jul; broad-leaved grasses; local in marsh, fen, boggy heath and acid grassland in England and Wales, most frequent in S.England and E.Anglia.
Mythimna pudorina (Striped Wainscot) §3 male
ID: Forewing broad, pale straw ground colour, streaked with pale pink or pale brown and dusted with black, this dusting usually coalescing into central, subdorsal and subcostal blackish streaks; no cross-lines; terminal fringe pinkish; hindwing grey-brown.
§1 Folkestone Warren, Kent; 03/07/2013; male; fw 18.0mm
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 06/07/2013; female; fw 19.5mm
§3 Winterton, Norfolk; 09/07/2015; male; fw 17.6mm
§4 Romansleigh, Devon; 29/06/2016; female; fw 18.1mm
§5 Duddon Mosses, Cumbria; 19/06/2023; male; fw 18.9mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 06/07/2013; female; fw 19.5mm
§3 Winterton, Norfolk; 09/07/2015; male; fw 17.6mm
§4 Romansleigh, Devon; 29/06/2016; female; fw 18.1mm
§5 Duddon Mosses, Cumbria; 19/06/2023; male; fw 18.9mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 27/12/2016 (§1-3) | §4 added 10/04/2017 | §5 added 24/09/2023
