Archanara neurica

Archanara neurica, the white-mantled wainscot, is a nocturnal moth of the family Noctuidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1808.

It is found in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Serbia.

[1] In the UK, its only regular sites are at RSPB Minsmere and Walberswick National Nature Reserve in Suffolk.

Larva dull bluish green, with 3 faint pale grey dorsal lines and fine black tubercles; spiracles black; head black-brown; thoracic plate yellowish brown with darker edge and dots.

[3] The eggs overwinter and hatch into larvae that feed on common reed species,[4] including Phragmites communis and Phalaris arundinacea.

Figs 1 larva after last moult on stem of reed