Crambidae

63.094 Drab Grass-moth Agriphila poliellus (Treitschke, 1832)

Immigrant

Similar species:

Forewing: 9 to 12mm

Habitats: Grasslands.

Habits: Only one British record.

Foodplant: The early stages are unrecorded in Britain and Ireland. On the European mainland it is recorded as living in a silk tube in grass tufts while feeding on meadow-grasses. It overwinters full-fed and pupates in the spring.