Lepidoptera Outer Hebrides

Family: Pyralidae   Checklist Number: 62.069

Anerastia lotella  (Hübner, [1813])

Sandhill Knot-horn

The only record of this species of coastal sandhills was from Daliburgh machair in June 2018. The larvae feed upon a variety of grasses including Marram Ammophila arenaria and Sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina.

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