Orange and black small moth for ID please

[zigzag_wanderer]

Hi all,

Bit of a small beauty today from my neighbouring fields. Grass is getting pretty long there now.

Size-wise it was dwarfed by the golden skippers flying around it, but it was larger than the copious grass veneer moths present (certainly width-wise, maybe not too much larger length-wise).

Its eye and "face" look quite similar to the grass moths, but the snout is shorter.

Probably very common, but I don't recall seeing one before.

Cheers as always for any help.

[Allan.W.]

Hello Zig-Zag ,
Great find ,! quite a scarce moth comophila aeaneana the Orange Conch . I,m very lucky to have a small colony near me ,and i,ve seen a few
this season ,generally when i,ve been looking for Grizzled Skippers ,the larvae feed on the roots of Ragwort ..................Nice find !
Regards Allan.W.

[Allan.W.]

Hello again Zig-zag ,just realised i posted one in the May sightings . Allan.W.

[zigzag_wanderer]

Thanks as always Allan - great to know it's a bit of a rarity.

Apologies for not clocking it in your May post !