Agriphila tristella (Common Grass-veneer)

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Agriphila tristella (Common Grass-veneer)

Common Grass-veneer (Agriphila tristella)
Originator: Leif Gabrielsen

Systematics :

Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Articulate animals (Arthropoda)
Class: Insects (Insecta)
Order: Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Group: Micro-moths ("Micro-heterocera")
Family: Snout moths (Pyralidae)
Subfamily: Crambinae
Genus: Agriphila
Species: Common Grass-veneer (Agriphila tristella)

Norwegian name: Okernebbmott

Host plants: Deschampsia cespitosa, Poa

Confusion species: Pale-streak Grass-veneer (Agriphila selasella)

Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info