Species Details

ABH: 63.088

BF: 1302

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Taxon: Crambus perlella

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Satin Grass-moth

Account: Common in grassland and rough meadows throughout the British Isles Creamy white with a silken lustre; f. warringtonellus is heavily streaked; both forms are easily recognised [Goater]. Larva feeds on stems of various grasses, living within a silken gallery at the base of the plant.

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 — 29 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 10 Jun (2008) — 5 Sep (2014)

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

Foodplant: Deschampsia sp., Festuca sp. (a fescue), Gramineae.

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-perlella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 159

Individuals: 21

Earliest Year: 1985

Latest Year: 2025

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