Agriphila tristella, the common grass-veneer,[3][4] is a species of moth of the family Crambidae found in Europe and Asia.
Agriphila tristella is found in grassy habitats.[5] It occurs across Europe[4] including the British Islands,[2] as well as in Asia,[3] including in Iran,[1] north-western India,[1] and Pakistan.[3] Its type locality is in Austria.[1]
In the UK, the moth flies from June to September.[5] It is nocturnal and attracted to light.[2][5]
The larvae feed on various grasses, such as Poa and Deschampsia species.
The following description of Agriphila tristella was published in Edward Meyrick's 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera:[6]
The wingspan is 22–30 mm. The face has a short cone. Forewings are pale or deep yellow-ochreous, often mixed and sometimes wholly suffused with dark brown; median vein and lb pale or whitish; second line indistinctly brownish, acutely angulated, sometimes obsolete; sometimes some indistinct blackish terminal dots; cilia shining whitish-ochreous to fuscous. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale ochreous or brownish; spots large, blackish-brown; head and plate of 2 black
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