ABH: 63.072

Status:  Resident

Distribution/Abundance:  Common

Primary Habitat:  Gardens, Arable margins

Wingspan:  18-30mm

Flight Period:  June - September

Observations:  Larvae feed on stored grain material.

Confusion Species:  Pyralis pictalis, Pyralis lienigialis

L.O.N.:  Kettering; Burton Latimer. Not common. At flour mills and at light.

First Record:  1907, Wallis