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.