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Family: Noctuidae   Checklist Number: 73.254

Cerapteryx graminis  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Antler Moth

A very common species found on moorland and grassland from June to September, often flying by day. The larval food-plants are tough grasses such as purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea), also sedges and rushes.

References: 
Leverton, R. & Cubitt, M. (2024). The Larger Moths of Scotland.
Waring, P. & Townsend, M. (2018 third edition). Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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