Species Details

ABH: 63.080

BF: 1293

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Taxon: Chrysoteuchia culmella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Garden Grass-moth

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 12 May (2025) — 18 Sep (2025)

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

Foodplant: Gramineae.

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/chrysoteuchia-culmella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 638

Individuals: 750

Earliest Year: 1972

Latest Year: 2025

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