Species Details

ABH: 63.092

BF: 1303

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Taxon: Agriphila selasella

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Pale-streaked Grass-moth

Account: Local in saltmarshes throughout the British Isles, except for northern Scotland Can be confused only with certain forms of A. tristella, which has a distinct facial cone, besides having traces of a subterminal line and yellow or creamy, never white, median longitudinal streak, and termen more rounded, less square than in A. selasella [Goater]. Larva feeds on stems and leaves of Common Saltmarsh-grass and Sheep's-fescue, living within a silken gallery.

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 — 30 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 Jul (2003) — 1 Sep (2007)

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

Foodplant: Festuca ovina (Sheep's-fescue), Gramineae., Puccinellia maritima (Common Saltmarsh-grass), Spartina maritima (Small Cord-grass).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 15

Individuals: 7

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2025

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