LEPIDOPTERA | Pyraloidea

Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths) > Acentropinae

Checklist ref.                 63.116

Designation:                 'micro-moth'

Status:                          common in aquatic habitats

Typical habitat:             standing waters; ponds, ditches, open reedbeds

Larval foodplant:           duckweed, feeding below the surface in a case made of leaves

Flight behaviour:           readily disturbed by day from marginal vegetation

Flight season:              May - September

Note: listed as a recognised day-flying (DF) species