website logo Lepidoptera Outer Hebrides

Family: Crambidae   Checklist Number: 63.099

Catoptria pinella  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pearl Grass-moth

A scattered distribution across Scotland with just a single record from the Outer Hebrides. On the wing from June to September over scrub, woodland and gardens. The larvae feed on grasses and sedges including tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa).

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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