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Platytes alpinella
Hook-tipped Grass-moth (Hübner, 1813)
Crambidae: Crambinae
1325 / 63.112
Photo © Matthew Casey,  26/07/2016 - costessey

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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#VC10kArea
09/09/2023128TF74Holme NNR
07/09/2023128TF74Holme NNR
06/09/2023128TF74Holme NNR
02/09/2023227TG42Eccles
01/09/2023327TG42Eccles
30/08/2023128TF74Holme NNR
28/08/2023127TG42Eccles
28/08/2023328TF74Holme NNR
27/08/2023228TF74Holme NNR
27/08/2023+28TL78Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
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