Identification

Combination of pinkish or reddish brown and grey is diagnostic in most cases.

Recording Method.

Attracted to light, also comes to sugar and flowers.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a larva, September to early June. Feeds at first on the roots then inside the stem. Pupates in soil or leaf litter.

Larval foodplants

Various grasses, including Lyme Grass, Marram and Cock’s-foot.

Habitat

A wide range of grassland habitats.