Neodactria luteolellus
Appearance
Neodactria luteolellus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Crambinae |
Tribe: | Crambini |
Genus: | Neodactria |
Species: | N. luteolellus
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Binomial name | |
Neodactria luteolellus (Clemens, 1860)
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Neodactria luteolellus, the mottled grass-veneer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Labrador and Quebec to North Carolina, west to Arizona and California and north to Alberta.[2] The habitat consists of grassland areas in prairies, aspen parklands and boreal forests.
The wingspan is 13–24 mm. Adults are on wing from late June to mid-July in one generation per year.[3]
The larvae feed on grasses.
References
[edit]- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Bug Guide
- ^ Bird, C. D. & Shpeley, D. (2004). "Species Details: Neodactria luteolellus". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 27, 2020.