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A Selection of Micro Moths 63.080 - 63.117

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(Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758) (Scopoli 1763 ) (Scopoli 1763 ) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
Crambidae - Crambinae Crambidae - Crambinae Crambidae - Crambinae Crambidae - Crambinae Crambidae - Crambinae
Garden Grass-veneer Garden Grass-veneer Satin Grass-veneer Satin Grass-veneer Straw Grass-veneer
Chrysoteuchia culmella Chrysoteuchia culmella Crambus perlella Crambus perlella Agriphila straminella
63.080    BF 1293 63.080    BF 1293 63.088    BF 1302 63.088    BF 1302 63.093   BF 1304

Status: Resident in UK

Wing Span: 18mm to 21mm.

Flight Period: June and July.

Habitat: Habitats are almost any open grassy places, the larvae feed on many grass species.

Comment: This species is a wide spread  resident throughout the British Isles, and is common on the mainland.

Status: Resident in UK

Wing Span: 21mm to 28mm.

Flight Period: July and August.

Habitat: Grassland, such as parts of moors, commons, heaths and rough meadows.

Comment: This species is common, and is resident throughout most of the British Isles.

(Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
Crambidae - Crambinae Crambidae - Crambinae Crambidae - Crambinae Crambidae - Crambinae Crambidae - Crambinae
Common Grass-veneer Common Grass-veneer Common Grass-veneer Common Grass-veneer Straw Grass-veneer
Agriphila tristella Agriphila tristella Agriphila tristella Agriphila tristella Agriphila straminella
63.089    BF 1305 63.089    BF 1305 63.089    BF 1305 63.089    BF 1305 63.093   BF 1304

Status: Resident in UK

Wing Span: 25mm to 29mm.

Flight Period: July to September.

Habitat: Habitats are almost any open grassy places.

Comment: This species is a common and widely distributed  resident throughout the British Isles, with exception of Shetland.

Status: Resident in UK

Wing Span: 16mm to 19mm.

Flight Period: July and August.

Habitat: Habitats are almost any open grassy places.

Comment:  This species is a fairly common resident species occurring through out the British Isles.

(Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775) (Hubner 1813) (Hubner 1813) (Hubner 1813)
Crambidae - Crambinae Crambidae - Crambinae Crambidae - Crambinae Crambidae - Crambinae Crambidae - Crambinae
Barred Grass-veneer Barred Grass-veneer Pale-streak Grass-veneer Pale-streak Grass-veneer Pale-streak Grass-veneer
Agriphila inquintella Agriphila inquintella Agriphila selsella Agriphila selsella Agriphila selsella
63.090    BF 1306 63.090    BF 1306 63.092    BF 1303 63.092    BF 1303 63.092    BF 1303

Status: Resident in UK

Wing Span: 22mm to 28mm.

Flight Period: July through until September

Habitat: Grassland, preferably on the drier ones on light sandy soils.

Comment: This species is widespread throughout the UK. It is common in the south, and is scarcer further north.

Status: Resident in UK

Wing Span: 25mm to 27mm.

Flight Period: July and August.

Habitat: Open grassy places.

Comment: This species is a localised occurring in coastal, and some inland places. It is well distributed through out England, Wales, Ireland, south Scotland.

(Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758) (Linnaeus 1758)  
Crambidae - Acentropinae Crambidae - Acentropinae Crambidae - Acentropinae Crambidae - Acentropinae

 

Brown China-mark Brown China-mark Ringed China-mark Ringed China-mark

 

Elophila nymphaeta Elophila nymphaeta Paraponyx stratiotata Paraponyx stratiotata  
63.114    BF 1345 63.114    BF 1345 63.117    BF 1348 63.117    BF 1348  

Status: Resident in UK

Wing Span: 22mm to 30mm.

Flight Period: June into August.

Habitat: Habitats are marshy area's, pond edges, slow flowing rivers, dykes and other wet land places.

Comment: This moth is a fairly common resident in suitable localities, through out most of the British Isles.

Status: Resident in UK

Wing Span: 15mm to 28mm.

Flight Period: May and June.

Habitat: Habitats are canals, pools, ponds and wet habitats where the food plants occur.

Comment: This moth is widespread, but quite localised in the southern half of Britain.

Species 3.001to 54.010

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