Irish moths

Crambus pascuella

Family: Crambidae         Sub-family: Crambinae

1294     *     Crambus pascuella


Widespread, common
Wingspan: 21-26mm

Flight time: June-August
Habitat: Grassy areas

Food plant: Grasses, Fescues and Moor-grass;
Festuca ovina, Trichophorum caespitosum, Molinia caerulea

Similar: Crambus uliginosellus





Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. 2010

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