Species Details

ABH: 63.102

BF: 1316

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Taxon: Catoptria falsella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Chequered Grass-moth

Account: Common on old walls and buildings throughout much of Britain, more numerous in the south The main confusion species, C. verellus, lacks the white median longitudinal stripe of C. falsella [Goater]. Larva feeds on various mosses, often on walls, living within a silken tube or tent.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 18 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Jun (2018) — 21 Sep (2024)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Musci, Tortula muralis (Wall Screwmoss).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/catoptria-falsella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 215

Individuals: 79

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2025

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