Species Details

ABH: 63.081

BF: 1294

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Taxon: Crambus pascuella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: White-banded Grass-moth

Account: Common in grassland, rough meadows and gardens throughout the British Isles The longitudinal median streak is cut by a fine dark line, as in C. silvella, C. uliginosellus, C. ericella, C. pratella, C. lathoniellus and C. leucoschalis, which see. Larva feeds within roots of various grasses, 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 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 May (2009) — 17 Aug (2013)

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

Foodplant: 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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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/crambus-pascuella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 315

Individuals: 77

Earliest Year: 1985

Latest Year: 2025

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