Photo © Mike Wall
Reed Tussock
Laelia coenosa
Checklist Number72.014 [B&F: 2024]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Lymantriinae |
| Genus: | Laelia |
| Species: | coenosa |
| Authority: | (Hübner, [1808]) |
Extinct in the British Isles, formerly in fens, in Cambridgeshire. Not recorded since 1879. Wingspan 46-50 mm. Larva feeds on Common Reed, Great Fen-sedge and Branched Bur-reed, no evidence of breeding in the UK.
