Webb's Wainscot - Noctuidae - Globia sparganii
73.151 BF2373  – Webb's Wainscot  – Globia sparganii  – (Esper, 1790)
Adult Macro:  CAT 3 – Difficult to identify – Quality set of photographs required – Difficult to identify /Very rare/Scarce (includes very scarce adventives/immigrants)/County-level first records      
PDF Icon – click for Adult Macro Verification Guidelines Verification Notes: Only two records with first for VC57 only in 2020.


Green –  Rare / Uncommon / Scarce   
Taxonomy:   Macro  >>.  >>  Noctuidae  >> Xyleninae
ID Difficulty:  amber  – care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Bulrush Wainscot
ID pointers: Very blunt wing tips. The ground colour and the forewing markings can be very variable. The streaking in particular can be very obvious to almost non-existent. There is usually a dark central streak that cuts through a pale kidney mark and a U-shaped row of small black spots. There is also another row of small black spots along outer wing edge. The ground colour can be orange to cream. Tip of the abdomen protrudes conspicuously beyond the wing tips at rest. This specimen is probably a male.
Distribution:  (First record: 22 August 2020 at Findern )  –  (Last record: 1 August 2024 at Allestree )  –  Not listed or recorded in the county in Harrison & Sterling (1988). This specimen is the first county record, being trapped at Findern on 22nd August 2020. A new moth for the county. Seems this species is expanding its UK range quite rapidly. A second record came from Allestree on 1st August 2024.
General Comment: None
Flight Period: August /  September /  October –  On the wing August – October Moth Activity: Nocturnal   – and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Roger Nash, Brian Hallam, Stephen Plant  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 13 January 2026 by TD ***
Wingspan: 32-40mm
Forewing: 15-18mm
Food Plant: Yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus), Reed-mace (Typha spp. )
Last Recorded Year: 2024
First Recorded Year: 2020
Last Recorded By – Stephen Plant
Last Recorded General Area – Allestree

Selected Images:  Findern, Derbyshire – Roger Nash per Brian Hallam© / Allestree, Derby Stephen Plant©



Temporal Distribution Chart
Adults: (between 2020 - 2024)
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Distribution Map for Globia sparganii

Found 2 records
    ↳ from 2026+
    ↳ 2 from 2020 - 2025
    ↳ from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Globia sparganii

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Globia sparganii
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Globia sparganii
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only )

First/Last Recorded Dates: Globia sparganii
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Globia sparganii
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Globia sparganii
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Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Globia sparganii
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Globia sparganii

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2026.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Globia sparganii – 2 records available

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Site NameTetradDateCountStageRecorderSourceRecordKey
Allestree, DerbySK33P01/08/20241adultPlant, Stephenvc57_irecords_extractiBRC37596436
FindernSK33A22/08/20201adultRoger Nashvc57_irecords_extractiBRC35296752

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