63.080 Chrysoteuchia culmella (Garden Grass-moth)
ws: 20-24mm; Jun-Jul; various grasses; common throughout GB
Chrysoteuchia culmella §3
ID: The angled subterminal line is constant. Pale specimens show a more oblique postmedian line which is obscured in specimens showing a streaky leaden grey suffusion (the veins remaining pale). Hindwing smoky. Both wings with golden metallic cilia.
Similar species: Agriphila straminella lacks crosslines. Pediasia contaminella has a narrower forewing and non-metallic cilia. Platytes cerusella is much smaller and its crosslines are notched near dorsum.
Similar species: Agriphila straminella lacks crosslines. Pediasia contaminella has a narrower forewing and non-metallic cilia. Platytes cerusella is much smaller and its crosslines are notched near dorsum.
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 25/05/2007
§2 Foulness, Essex; 23/06/2007
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 09/08/2007; fw 10.8mm
§4 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 22/06/2010; male; fw 11.7mm
§5 Vacant
§6 Buttermere, Cumbria; 22/06/2014; male; fw 10.3mm
§7 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 11/06/2017; male; fw 10.0mm
§8 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 12/06/2017
§9 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 22/07/2024; female; fw 9.9mm
§10 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 22/07/2024; female; fw 10.2mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 23/06/2007
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 09/08/2007; fw 10.8mm
§4 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 22/06/2010; male; fw 11.7mm
§5 Vacant
§6 Buttermere, Cumbria; 22/06/2014; male; fw 10.3mm
§7 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 11/06/2017; male; fw 10.0mm
§8 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 12/06/2017
§9 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 22/07/2024; female; fw 9.9mm
§10 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 22/07/2024; female; fw 10.2mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 03/02/2012 (§1-5) | §6 added 08/07/2014 | §7 added 14/03/2018 | §8 added 07/04/2018 | §9&10 added 13/10/2024
