Platytes alpinella (Hook-tipped Grass-moth)


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Platytes alpinella
Hook-tipped Grass-moth (Hübner, 1813)
Crambidae : Crambinae

1325 / 63.112

Photo © Jim Hodgkinson, Dersingham 18/7/14

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Similar Species: None

Wingspan:	c.20 mm
Flight:	July and August
Foodplant:	Mosses.
Nat Status:	Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade: Adult: 1

Status
Resident also occurs occasionally as a presumed migrant.
Sandy and shingle habitats.

Records from around the coast, but does turn up inland.

Recorded in 48 (65%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1884.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date	#	VC	10k	Area
09/09/2023	1	28	TF74	Holme NNR
07/09/2023	1	28	TF74	Holme NNR
06/09/2023	1	28	TF74	Holme NNR
02/09/2023	2	27	TG42	Eccles
01/09/2023	3	27	TG42	Eccles
30/08/2023	1	28	TF74	Holme NNR
28/08/2023	1	27	TG42	Eccles
28/08/2023	3	28	TF74	Holme NNR
27/08/2023	2	28	TF74	Holme NNR
27/08/2023	+	28	TL78	Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)

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