Species Details

ABH: 73.139

BF: 2370

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Lenisa geminipuncta

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: Twin-spotted Wainscot

Account: Local in reed-beds, marshes, fens and gardens throughout much of southern and eastern England, generally most frequent by the coast Characterised by the narrow reniform stigma, with a small white dot in each half, or sometimes only in dorsal half, and minute orbicular stigma (MBGBI Vol 10). Larva feeds on Common Reed, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 28 — 37 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Jul (2006) — 26 Aug (1984)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 22

Individuals: 15

Earliest Year: 1903

Latest Year: 2018

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