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Wingspan 30-38 mm.
This is the commonest of Britain's day-flying Burnet moths, and is found throughout Britain, with a coastal bias in the North.
Occupying meadows, woodland clearings and sea-cliffs, it flies from June to August.
The larvae feed mainly on bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus).
The female bores a small hole in selective grass and cereal stems in which it lays an egg. As the larva feeds on the stem's interior tissues this results in stunted growth and in high population times this can cause significant cereal crop damage.