Monday, 27 February 2023

Shoulder-striped Wainscot?

While re-checking the ID of some records I came across this one. Shoulder-striped Wainscot seems possible from the illustration in Waring & Townsend. 

I took the photo on 22/7/2019 at Otmoor. This site seems to meet the SSW's habitat requirements.

Confirmation or other suggestions welcome!

David Hastings

 


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  1. Dave Wilton28 February 2023 at 08:49

    Hello David,
    To me that looks like a fairly classic Smoky Wainscot. Shoulder-striped Wainscot is somewhat narrower-winged, normally has a very intense black "shoulder stripe" and lacks that triangle of small black dots in the centre of each wing. Both species are common and widespread across our region.

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