63.089 BF1305  -  Crambidae -  Crambinae - Agriphila tristella - Common Grass-moth Adult Micro:  CAT 1 - Distinctive Species -       PDF Icon - click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon - click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Blue -  Generally Common / Widespread   
Taxonomy:   Micro  >> . >>  Crambidae
Other Name/s: Common Grass-veneer
ID Difficulty:  green  - easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
ID pointers: A large grass moth with a pale sandy brown to dark-brown forewing with a pale creamy yellow longitudinal streak running through centre and branching out into “finger-veins” at the wing tip.
Distribution:  A common and widely distributed species in grassy places across the county.
Flight Period: June /  July /  August /  September /  -  On the wing during June – September. Moth Activity: Nocturnal   - and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes -  Photographed By: Tony Davison  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 7 May 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: c. 27mm
Food Plant: Grasses.
Recorded dates for Common [Blue codeBlue-coded ] moths are not stored on the website at this current time.

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Distribution Map for Agriphila tristella

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Found 1393 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 529 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 864 from Before 2020

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Monthly Records By Year: Agriphila tristella

Monthly Counts By Year: Agriphila tristella

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Agriphila tristella – 1393 records available

Listed by Year - descending

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCount
Agriphila tristellaJim Mart Nature ReserveSK36S202410/08/20243
Agriphila tristellaNational Stone Centre, Wirksworth.SK25X202421/08/20245
Agriphila tristellaNorton Lees, Sheffield (VC57)SK38L202405/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaWoodland AveSK43R202416/08/20243
Agriphila tristellaHavercroft RoadSK38L202421/07/20241
Agriphila tristellaBelperSK34N202415/08/20243
Agriphila tristellaDerbyshire Wild Life Trust Herod CloughSK09G202429/07/20242
Agriphila tristellaGlossop, Gnat Hole Rough FieldsSK09L202429/08/20244
Agriphila tristellaHathersageSK28F202428/08/20242
Agriphila tristellaMarkham Vale DerbyshireSK47K202412/08/20245
Agriphila tristellaDWT Hoe Grange QuarrySK25H202421/08/202425
Agriphila tristellaNorton Lees, Sheffield (VC57)SK38L202402/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaDerbyshire, UKSK07L202408/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaFindern, Derbyshire, DE65 6AZSK33A202423/07/20241
Agriphila tristellaLower Cromford GardenSK25Y202405/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202415/08/20245
Agriphila tristellaLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202416/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaDerbyshire, UKSK07L202406/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaLower Cromford GardenSK25Y202413/08/20246
Agriphila tristellaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202421/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaNorton Lees, Sheffield (VC57)SK38L202431/07/20242
Agriphila tristellaRiver Wye, Goyt CollierySK07G202412/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaDarley BridgeSK26Q202409/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaFindern, Derbyshire, DE65 6AZSK33A202409/08/20242
Agriphila tristellaInkersall gardenSK47G202408/08/20243
Agriphila tristellaWingerworth, DerbyshireSK36Y202416/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202426/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaDarley BridgeSK26Q202409/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaWirksworth MoorSK35B202404/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaMickleover gardenSK33C202423/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaMarkham Vale DerbyshireSK47L202426/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaBirch ValeSK08I202403/08/20242
Agriphila tristellaOld Park Planation, BeeleySK26U202412/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaFindern, Derbyshire, DE65 6AZSK33A202419/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaKing's NewtonSK32Y202429/07/20243
Agriphila tristellaWingerworth, DerbyshireSK36Y202411/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaBuxton (p)SK07R202414/08/202414
Agriphila tristellaInkersall gardenSK47G202401/09/20241
Agriphila tristellaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202414/08/20243
Agriphila tristellaInkersall gardenSK47G202424/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaDerbyshire Wild Life Trust Long CloughSK09G202404/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaBradfwell Moor MineSK18F202417/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaBirch ValeSK08I202411/08/20243
Agriphila tristellaCote Heath Allotments, BuxtonSK07R202417/08/20242
Agriphila tristellaNorton Lees, Sheffield (VC57)SK38L202423/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaDarley BridgeSK26Q202417/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaDrakelow, Derbys.SK22F202412/08/20248
Agriphila tristellaBuxton (p)SK07R202411/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaBuxton (w)SK07R202416/08/20249
Agriphila tristellaWingerworth, DerbyshireSK36Y202415/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaLower Cromford GardenSK25Y202423/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaGlossop, Hague Street, Hay meadowSK09G202407/08/202416
Agriphila tristellaBirch ValeSK08I202418/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaGlapwell Garden TrapSK46T202418/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202417/08/20244
Agriphila tristellaNorton Lees, Sheffield (VC57)SK38L202416/08/20246
Agriphila tristellaDarley BridgeSK26Q202418/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaMidway, Derbys.SK32A202410/08/20242
Agriphila tristellaOld Park Plantation, ChatsworthSK26U202412/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202407/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202425/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaGlossop, Hague Street, Hay meadowSK09G202412/08/202421
Agriphila tristellaHathersageSK28F202414/08/20243
Agriphila tristellaGlapwell Garden TrapSK46T202426/08/20242
Agriphila tristellaBelperSK34U202412/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaBelper, DerbyshireSK34N202416/08/20242
Agriphila tristellaNorton Lees, Sheffield (VC57)SK38L202411/08/20244
Agriphila tristellaFerneydale (south)SK07K202428/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202419/07/20241
Agriphila tristellaLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202409/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaBelperSK34N202426/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaGlossop, The TwitchlingsSK09L202418/08/202415
Agriphila tristellaHathersageSK28F202419/07/20241
Agriphila tristellaWingerworth, DerbyshireSK36Y202413/08/20242
Agriphila tristellaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202419/08/20242
Agriphila tristellaNorton Lees, Sheffield (VC57)SK38L202406/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaWoodland AveSK43R202402/08/20243
Agriphila tristellaBuxton (w)SK07R202401/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202413/08/20246
Agriphila tristellaDerbyshire Wild Life Trust Long CloughSK09G202420/07/20241
Agriphila tristellaGlossop, Upper Bray CloughSK09K202427/08/20242
Agriphila tristellaHathersageSK28F202426/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaIlkeston, DerbyshireSK44K202402/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaDWT Hoe Grange QuarrySK25I202421/08/202410
Agriphila tristellaNorton Lees, Sheffield (VC57)SK38L202404/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaHigh Leas Farm, RiberSK35D202424/08/20247
Agriphila tristellaFindern, Derbyshire, DE65 6AZSK33A202412/07/20241
Agriphila tristellaBuxton (p)SK07R202403/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaBelperSK34N202412/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaGlossop, Hague Street, Hay meadowSK09G202430/07/20246
Agriphila tristellaNorton Lees, Sheffield, UKSK38L202429/07/20241
Agriphila tristellaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202413/08/20242
Agriphila tristellaForbes Hole LNRSK43W202421/08/20242
Agriphila tristellaNorton Lees, Sheffield (VC57)SK38L202429/07/20242
Agriphila tristellaFerny Bottom Farm, DerbyshireSK07Q202431/07/20241
Agriphila tristellaFindern, Derbyshire, DE65 6AZSK33A202405/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaBuxton (w)SK07R202406/08/20242
Agriphila tristellaLower Cromford GardenSK25Y202415/08/20243
Agriphila tristellaChesterfield, DerbyshireSK37Q202428/08/20241
Agriphila tristellaDarley BridgeSK26Q202405/08/20241

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