Straw Dot

Rivula sericealis

Relatively common in the southern half of Britain, and becoming gradually scarcer further north, this moth is also a suspected immigrant.

Mainly nocturnal.

Larva green; dorsal line darker; subdorsal white; head greenish ochreous.

The Larvae feeds on various grasses.

Forewing triangular, the apex rectangular, the termen curved; veins 7, 8, 9 stalked. Forewing straw yellow, becoming deeper terminally; with a black-brown reniform stigma containing two black dots; inner and outer lines brownish.

The Moth flies from May to October.