73.139 BF2370 – Twin-spotted Wainscot – Noctuidae – Lenisa geminipuncta
Twin-spotted Wainscot – Noctuidae – Xyleninae – Lenisa geminipuncta – colour code •
STATUS – Last recorded 2018 – A new species for Derbyshire, 13th August 2016, when 6 were seen at Trent Lock, Sawley, possibly entering the county from Nottinghamshire, as this species is expanding its range North West. Further individuals were trapped in a garden in Findern on August 13th 2017, and 1st August 2018 by Brian and Jean Hallam.
ID POINTERS – A fairly distinctive species, with a broad forewing The reniform stigma is usually divided into two “twin” white spots, which can sometimes be difficult to see. The rest of forewing is rather plain and can be brown, yellow-brown, dark brown, reddish brown or blackish in tone.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing August – September.
IMAGES – Findern, Derbyshire – Brian Hallam©
Twin-spotted Wainscot
