Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Fens
- Mixed forests
- Peaty meadows
- Waterlogged meadows
- Wet meadows
Similar species
46-54 mm
56-70 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyBourovec trávový 
DanskGræsspinder 
DeutschGrasglucke DeutschTrinkerin 
Eesti keelRohukedrik 
EnglishDrinker 
FrançaisBuveuse 
LietuviųPievinis verpikas 
MagyarSzomjas pohók 
NederlandsRietvink 
NorskGresspinner 
PolskiBarczatka napójka 
SlovenčinaPriadkovec trávový 
SuomeksiHeinänorsu 
SvenskaGräselefant 
РусскийКоконопряд травяной 
УкраїнськаКоконопряд трав’яний 
中文草纹枯叶蛾 
日本語ヨシカレハ 
한국어갈대나방
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Cyperaceae Carex acutiformis Llesser pond-sedge Cyperaceae Carex flacca Glaucous Sedge Poaceae Arrhenatherum elatius False oat-grass Poaceae Calamagrostis epigeios Wood Small-reed Poaceae Dactylis glomerata Cocksfoot Poaceae Elytrigia repens Couch grass Poaceae Leymus arenarius Sand ryegrass Poaceae Molinia arundinacea Poaceae Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary-grass Poaceae Phleum pratense Timothy-grass Poaceae Phragmites australis Common Reed Poaceae Poa trivialis Rough Meadow-grass
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Philudoria potatoria Linnaeus, 1758 Euthrix occidentalis Lempke, 1949
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland Robert Thompson, Brian Nelson Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Suffolk Moths Tony Prichard Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Moths Ian Kimber
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