73.302 Leucania (Leucania) obsoleta (Obscure Wainscot)
ws: 36-40mm (MBGBI9.1), fw: 15-18mm (Waring & Townsend); May-Jul; common reed (Phragmites australis); local in reedbeds, fens and marshes in S&E England.
Synonym: Mythimna obsoleta (MBGBI9.1, Waring & Townsend)
Synonym: Mythimna obsoleta (MBGBI9.1, Waring & Townsend)
Leucania obsoleta (Obscure Wainscot) §1 male
ID: Forewing ground colour brown with pale brown veins; a central white spot may be present (but this looks like it might just be a marking of part of the distal margin of the disc); dotted postmedian line; hindwing dirty white, slightly darker at margin.
§1 Ham Fen, Kent; 15/07/2010; male; fw15.3mm
§2 Ham Fen, Kent; 15/07/2010; male; fw15.3mm
§3 New Forest, Hampshire; 01/06/2012; female
§4 Foulness, Essex; 13/06/2015; male; fw 15.9mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 13/06/2020; male; fw 14.9mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; ??/??/2021; male; fw 15.5mm
§7 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 10/06/2023; fw 17.6mm
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§2 Ham Fen, Kent; 15/07/2010; male; fw15.3mm
§3 New Forest, Hampshire; 01/06/2012; female
§4 Foulness, Essex; 13/06/2015; male; fw 15.9mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 13/06/2020; male; fw 14.9mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; ??/??/2021; male; fw 15.5mm
§7 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 10/06/2023; fw 17.6mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 30/12/2016 (§1-4) | §5 added 21/01/2021 | §6 added 13/02/2022 | §7 added 21/09/2023
