73.141 BF2371 – Brown-veined Wainscot – Noctuidae – Archanara dissoluta
Brown-veined Wainscot – Noctuidae – Xyleninae – Archanara dissoluta – colour code •
STATUS – 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.
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.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing August.
IMAGES – Findern, Derbyshire – July 2016 – Brian & Jean Hallam©
Brown-veined Wainscot – Brian & Jean Hallam©
