Agriphila tristella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Agriphila |
Species: | A. tristella |
Binomial name | |
Agriphila tristella | |
Synonyms | |
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Agriphila tristella, the common grass-veneer, [3] [4] is a species of moth of the family Crambidae found in Europe and Asia.
Agriphila tristella is found in grassy habitats. [5] It occurs across Europe [4] including the British Islands, [2] as well as in Asia, [3] including in Iran, [1] north-western India, [1] and Pakistan. [3] Its type locality is in Austria. [1]
In the UK, the moth flies from June to September. [5] It is nocturnal and attracted to light. [2] [5]
The larvae feed on various grasses, such as Poa and Deschampsia species.
The following description of Agriphila tristella was published in Edward Meyrick's 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera: [6]
The wingspan is 22–30 mm. The face has a short cone. Forewings are pale or deep yellow-ochreous, often mixed and sometimes wholly suffused with dark brown; median vein and lb pale or whitish; second line indistinctly brownish, acutely angulated, sometimes obsolete; sometimes some indistinct blackish terminal dots; cilia shining whitish-ochreous to fuscous. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale ochreous or brownish; spots large, blackish-brown; head and plate of 2 black
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