Crambidae

63.112 Hook-tipped Grass-moth Platytes alpinella (Hübner, [1813])

Notable B

Similar species:

Forewing: 8 to 11mm

Habitats: Coastal sand-dunes, sandy grassland and fine vegetated shingle.

Habits: The moth flies from dusk after which it visits flowers of Common Ragwort. It later comes to light.

Foodplant: The early stages have not been recorded in Britain and Ireland. On the European mainland it has been recorded feeding on Great Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia ruralis var.ruralis.