Dichrorampha acuminatana
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Sharp-winged Drill
Occurs fairly locally throughout most of Britain, mainly nocturnal.
The larval foodplants are Oxeye Daisy and Tansy.
Like other Dichrorampha species, the larvae burrow into the rootstock and feed within.
The costa of the forewings is straighter than in [related species].The fold reaches 1/3.
The ground colour is dark fuscous, purplish-tinged, more or less obscurely irrorated with ochreous.
The costa has obscure leaden-metallic posterior streaks The basal area is paler- streaked and there is a paler broad triangular straight-edged median dorsal blotch and three black dots on the termen towards middle, sometimes nearly obsolete.
The Moth flies from May to September.