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Limnaecia phragmitella
Checklist Number34.004 [B&F: 0898]
Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)
Classification
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Subfamily: | Cosmopteriginae |
| Genus: | Limnaecia |
| Species: | phragmitella |
| Authority: | Stainton, 1851 |
Common in fens, marshes and freshwater margins throughout the British Isles, but not in northern Scotland. Fairly widely distributed across Hampshire but perhaps under-recorded, and decidedly uncommon on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 16-22 mm. Rather difficult to assign to a family, perhaps, but once known, the species is easy enough to identify. Larva feeds within flowering spikes of Bulrush and Lesser Bulrush.
The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:
No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
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Records by week (adult)
Records by week (larval)
