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- Rare / Uncommon / Scarce
- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.ID pointers: The forewing is quiet broad and in the most common form – arundineta, the straw-brown base colour with grey vertical streak leading into a cross-band along the outer wing edge is diagnostic. The nominate form dissoluta is a plain grey-brown with a prominent dark kidney mark outlined in white.
Distribution: (Last record: 26/08/2024 at Markham Vale Complex ) - A resident that is uncommon and locally distributed in Derbyshire. A reed bed species being a relict from the fenlands still surviving at a local level in the south-east of the county at wetland habitat in the Trent Valley. Now being reported from an increasing number of sites, restricted to the south of the county.
*** Last updated on 11 March 2025 by RP ***
Forewing: 12-15mm
Last Recorded Date: 26/08/2024
Last Recorded By: Sid Morris
Last Recorded General Area: Markham Vale Complex
No First Date Information Recorded
IMAGES BELOW: Findern, Derbyshire – July 2016 – Brian & Jean Hallam©
Brown-veined Wainscot