B&F: 2197

ABH: 73.294

Status:  Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat:  Wetland.

Flight Period:  Single brooded in July and August.

Localities:  Yardley Chase, Pitsford Water, Boughton Park and Whitewater Reservoir.

Observations:  Often mistaken for Common Wainscot (and possibly under-recorded as a result), this species has a distinctive "head-band" as depicted in the lower image.This species is usually seen in small numbers at light in the county. The only occasion that I have seen it more commonly was on 28 July 1988 at Glendon Lake. At that time, a dense bed of great reed surrounded this small isolated lake. An actinic light trap left overnight within the reed bed attracted eleven examples of the moth.

Confusion Species: Common Wainscot

L.O.N.:  Victoria History.

First Record: 1882, Hull & Tomalin.