The Common Wainscot is a pale straw-colored noctuid with fine dark streaks on its forewings that perfectly match dried grass stems — the wainscot moths are famous for this grass-mimic camouflage. It rests among grass with its body aligned along the stems, nearly invisible. Adults come frequently to light and are abundant in grassland habitats.
Habitat
Grasslands, meadows, marshes, and roadsides
Diet
Larvae: grasses and sedges. Adults: nectar
How common
Common
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