Crambidae

63.108 Dune Grass-moth Pediasia fascelinella (Hübner, [1813])

pRDB3

Similar species:

Forewing: 11 to 14mm

Habitats: Stable parts of sand-dunes.

Habits: The moth flies from dusk. It comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva lives in a long silk tube, part-covered in sand on the rootstock of Sand Couch, Lyme-grass and possibly hair-grasses. It pupates in a long, spun vertical cocoon just outside the larval gallery.