Agriphila tristella

Agriphila tristella, the common grass-veneer,[3][4] is a species of moth of the family Crambidae found in Europe and Asia.

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.

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.

The larva is pale ochreous or brownish; spots large, blackish-brown; head and plate of 2 blackSee also Parsons et al.[7]

This article relating to the moth tribe Crambini is a stub.

Fig. 10 larva after final moult