Agriphila tristella, the common grass-veneer,[3][4] is a species of moth of the family Crambidae found in Europe and Asia.

Agriphila tristella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Agriphila
Species:	A. tristella
Binomial name
Agriphila tristella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)[1][2]
Synonyms
List Tinea ferruginella Thunberg, 1788 Tinea tristella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Crambus discistrigatus Hampson, 1919 Crambus fuscelinellus Stephens, 1834 Crambus hertwigae Rasmussen, 1964 Crambus moerens Fabricius, 1798 Crambus nigristriellus Stephens, 1834 Agriphila tristella pseudotristellus (Zerny, 1943) Tinea aquilella Hübner, 1796 Tinea fuscinella Schrank, 1802 Tinea paleella Hübner, 1796

Distribution and habitat

Agriphila tristella is found in grassy habitats.[5] It occurs across Europe[4] including the British Islands,[2] as well as in Asia,[3] including in Iran,[1] north-western India,[1] and Pakistan.[3] Its type locality is in Austria.[1]

Behaviour

In the UK, the moth flies from June to September.[5] It is nocturnal and attracted to light.[2][5]

The larvae feed on various grasses, such as Poa and Deschampsia species.

Description

Handbook of British Lepidoptera

The following description of Agriphila tristella was published in Edward Meyrick's 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera:[6]

The wingspan is 22–30 mm. The face has a short cone. Forewings are pale or deep yellow-ochreous, often mixed and sometimes wholly suffused with dark brown; median vein and lb pale or whitish; second line indistinctly brownish, acutely angulated, sometimes obsolete; sometimes some indistinct blackish terminal dots; cilia shining whitish-ochreous to fuscous. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale ochreous or brownish; spots large, blackish-brown; head and plate of 2 black

— Edward Meyrick

References

External links

• Media related to Agriphila tristella at Wikimedia Commons
• Lepiforum.de

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