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Silky Wainscot
Chilodes maritima (Tauscher, 1806)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2391 / 73.100
Photo © Dave Wilton,  Milton Keynes 2016

Similar Upper Thames Species: None
Foodplant:   Common Reed and living and dead invertebrates
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Local across the region, breeding in reedbeds.

Recorded in 32 (23%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1940.
Last Recorded in 2022.
Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
08/07/2022122SU49 - Marcham / Abingdon (W)
17/06/2022122SU58 - Didcot (S) / Streatley
16/06/2022122SU46 - Newbury
16/06/2022522SU97 - Slough (S), Windsor
21/07/2021124SP60 - Waterperry, Long Crendon
Further info: Chilodes maritima
 
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