Noctuidae : Xyleninae
Silky Wainscot
CHILODES maritima (Tauscher, 1806)
Silky Wainscot
CHILODES maritima (Tauscher, 1806)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 29 - 36mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Canary Is., Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Ireland,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,N & S Russia and Sardinia)
UK Distribution: England and Wales - north to Lancashire and Northumberland,most widespread in southern England,East Anglia and west Midlands,coastal in Wales : Scotland - very local : Ireland - very local on coast : Channel Islands - local
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Reed Beds
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupation site unknown
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The frequent forewing colour is grey and brown finely dusted with black towards the curved costa, sharply angled termen and pointed apex. The long narrow forewings overlap at rest towards the rear showing a black dotted sub terminal cross line.The silky white hindwings are also diagnostic. The f. wismariensis has wide black band along the forewing and highlights the stigmata and orbicular spot.
Although often found with similar species Chilo phragmitella they are easy to separate as the latter has a long labial palps.
Often attracted to the light trap sometimes some distance for its normal habitat.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Canary Is., Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Ireland,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,N & S Russia and Sardinia)
UK Distribution: England and Wales - north to Lancashire and Northumberland,most widespread in southern England,East Anglia and west Midlands,coastal in Wales : Scotland - very local : Ireland - very local on coast : Channel Islands - local
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Noctua maritima (Tauscher, 1806)
- Noctua ulvae Hübner, 1809
- Baltic Sea, Curonia
Habitat: Reed Beds
Similar Species -
- Chilo phragmitella (Hübner, [1810])
Pupa: Pupation site unknown
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The frequent forewing colour is grey and brown finely dusted with black towards the curved costa, sharply angled termen and pointed apex. The long narrow forewings overlap at rest towards the rear showing a black dotted sub terminal cross line.The silky white hindwings are also diagnostic. The f. wismariensis has wide black band along the forewing and highlights the stigmata and orbicular spot.
Although often found with similar species Chilo phragmitella they are easy to separate as the latter has a long labial palps.
Often attracted to the light trap sometimes some distance for its normal habitat.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Larvae are highly carnivorous, feeding on invertebrates both alive and dead, including pupae of other Wainscots
within the stems of Common Reed - Phragmites australis
Larvae are highly carnivorous, feeding on invertebrates both alive and dead, including pupae of other Wainscots
within the stems of Common Reed - Phragmites australis
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Poaceae - Gramineae - True Grasses Family
- Phragmites australis - Common Reed,Hybrid common reed, European common reed
- Typhaceae - Reedmace Family
- Typha latifolia - Reedmace - Bulrush
- Typha latifolia - Reedmace - Bulrush
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Xyleninae Caradrinini CHILODES Herrich-Schäffer 1849 Chilodes maritima (Tauscher, 1806) - Noctua ulvae Hübner, 1809 - NOCTUA maritima (Tauscher, 1806) = Chilodes maritimus (Tauscher, 1806) = Noctua maritima Tauscher, 1806 = Tortrix bipunctana Haworth, 1812 = Noctua ulvae Hübner, [1817] = Melia sericea Curtis, 1828 = Senta maritima grisea Wagner, 1929 = Chilodes grisea - Mémoires de la Société des naturalistes de Moscou t1 (1811) : Title Page : p.178 ; pl. XIII fig. 5 - Baltic Sea, Curonia |