Species Details

ABH: 72.002

BF: 2474

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Rivulinae

Taxon: Rivula sericealis

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Straw Dot

Account: Common in damp grassland, fens, heathland, moorland, woodland and gardens throughout much of the British Isles Unmistakable. Larva feeds at night on False-brome, Tor-grass and Purple Moor-grass.

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: 19 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 May (1990) — 28 Oct (2014)

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

Foodplant: Brachypodium sp., Gramineae.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/rivula-sericealis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1596

Individuals: 1019

Earliest Year: 1887

Latest Year: 2025

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