Species Details

ABH: 63.090

BF: 1306

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Taxon: Agriphila inquinatella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Barred Grass-moth

Account:

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan:

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Jun (2008) — 16 Oct (2023)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Festuca ovina (Sheep's-fescue), Gramineae., Poa sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/agriphila-inquinatella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 151

Individuals: 142

Earliest Year: 1994

Latest Year: 2025

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