pasture grass-veneer

(Crambus saltuellus)

pasture grass-veneer
Photo by Mike Poeppe
  Hodges #

5363

 
 
Conservation Status
  IUCN Red List

not listed

 
  NatureServe

NNR - Unranked

SNR - Unranked

 
  Minnesota

not listed

 
           
 
Description
 
 

Pasture grass-veneer is a small moth but a medium-sized grass veneer. It occurs in the United States east of the Great Plains and in adjacent Canadian provinces. Adults are found from May to September in meadows, old fields, and grassy woodlands. Larvae feed on various grasses.

Adults are narrow-bodied. They are 916 (14 mm) in length and have a wingspan of (22 mm).

The forewings are shiny brown to brownish-orange. There is a long, broad, white or silvery streak along most of the length of the wing, terminating in the postmedial area. It is widest beyond the middle and tapers to both ends. It is divided for most of its length by a prominent yellow streak. Thin silver streaks with black edges extend from the stripe to the inner margin, and near the inner margin from the base to the subterminal line. Beyond the stripe there is a separate white patch in the subterminal area. The terminal line is black, thin, and complete near the leading edge (costal margin) but breaks into a series of dots continuing to the inner margin.

The hind wings are pale brownish-yellow and are unmarked.

The antennae are long and thread-like. They are held straight back over the body when at rest. The finger-like sensory organs (palps) attached to the mouth are long and densely hairy. They are projected forward, appearing like a fuzzy snout.

 
     
 

Size

 
 

Total length: 916 (14 mm)

Wingspan: (22 mm)

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
     
     
 
Habitat
 
 

Meadows, old fields, and grassy woodlands.

 
     
 
Biology
 
 

Season

 
 

May to September

 
     
 

Behavior

 
 

Adults rest with their wings held tight to the body, forming a tubular shape. They are active at night and will come to lights.

 
     
 

Life Cycle

 
 

 

 
     
 

Larva Hosts

 
 

Grasses

 
     
 

Adult Food

 
 

 

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

21, 24, 29, 30, 75, 82.

 
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Occurrence

 
 

 

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
 

Order

Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)  
 

Superfamily

Pyraloidea (pyralid and crambid snout moths)  
 

Family

Crambidae (crambid snout moths)  
 

Subfamily

Crambinae (grass-veneers and allies)  
 

Tribe

Crambini (grass-veneers)  
 

Genus

Crambus  
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

 

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

pasture grass-veneer

pasture grass-veneer moth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary

Costal margin

The leading edge of the forewing of insects.

 

Palp

Short for pedipalp. A segmented, finger-like process of an arthropod; one is attached to each maxilla and two are attached to the labium. They function as sense organs in spiders and insects, and as weapons in scorpions. Plural: palpi or palps.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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  Mike Poeppe
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Location: Just west of Houston, MN

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