Species Details

ABH: 63.121

BF: 1329

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Schoenobiinae

Taxon: Donacaula forficella

Authority: (Thunberg, 1794)

Vernacular: Pale Water-veneer

Account: Local in marshes, river-banks and other damp areas throughout much of southern England, with records north to Yorkshire, and in Ireland In D. mucronellus the costal stripe is sharply demarcated from dark subcostal streak and apical streak is wanting [Goater]. Larva feeds within stems of Common Reed, Reed Sweet-grass and Sedge, cutting part of a leaf to use as a raft to float to a new foodplant.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 25 — 30 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Jun (2018) — 28 Jul (2002)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Carex sp. (a sedge), Glyceria maxima (Reed Sweet-grass), Phragmites sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/donacaula-forficella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 19

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1996

Latest Year: 2019

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