Agriphila tristella
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Common Grass-veneer
Another common grassland species throughout Britain.
The larva is pale ochreous or brownish; spots large, blackish-brown; head and plate of 2 black.
The Larvae feed in the base of stems of grass such as Poa and Deschampsia species.
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.
In the UK, the moth flies from June to September.
It is nocturnal and attracted to light.