Species Details

ABH: 63.091

BF: 1307

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Taxon: Agriphila latistria

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: White-streaked Grass-moth

Account: Local on dry heathland, sand-dunes and other dry sandy areas throughout much of England; rare in Scotland Unmistakable: in no other British species does the median streak extend on to the fringe [Goater]. Larva feeds on roots of False-brome and Upright Brome, living within a silken tube or tent.

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: 22 — 27 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 Aug (2011) — 10 Sep (2010)

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

Foodplant: Bromus sp., Gramineae.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

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

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 10

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2018

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