Large longhorn
Nematopogon swammerdamella
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Butterflies and moths: Adelidae
Body length ca. 10 mm (grass leaf breadth = 7.1 mm). Ochre-coloured, faintly speckled moth with antennae at least twice as long as body. Wings upright at rest with well-defined forewing apex; fringed ends to wings. Head with long orange-yellow tuft of hairs. Seen during the day in undergrowth beneath the cut-leaf beech.