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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Crambine Snout Moths (Crambinae) » Grass-Veneers (Crambini) » Crambus » Wide-stripe Grass-veneer - Hodges#5344 (Crambus unistriatellus)

Species Crambus unistriatellus - Wide-stripe Grass-veneer - Hodges#5344

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Crambidae: Crambus unistriatellus - Crambus unistriatellus

Wide-stripe Grass-veneer - Hodges#5344 - Crambus unistriatellus

Wide-striped Grass-Veneer - Crambus unistriatellus

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)

Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)

Subfamily Crambinae (Crambine Snout Moths)

Tribe Crambini (Grass-Veneers)

Genus Crambus

Species unistriatellus (Wide-stripe Grass-veneer - Hodges#5344)

Hodges Number

5344

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Crambus exesus Grote, 1880

Size

wingspan 23-28 mm

Identification

Forewings light brown with a broad silver-white discal stripe which is almost parallel-sided and extends from the base to the outer margin; submarginal row of minute black dots. The hindwings are white.

Range

Southern Canada and northern United States: Fernald (1896) reported it from Labrador, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and California. It has also been reported from British Columbia (Dyar 1904) and Michigan (Scholtens 1996). In Alberta, Bowman (1951) reported it from the Edmonton and Nordegg areas.

Habitat

Grasslands

Season

Adults from May through July

Food

Larvae feed on grasses, grass roots (Poaceae)

See Also

Large-striped Grass-veneer (Crambus quinquareatus) forewing has distinct subterminal line, and species has more southerly distribution, from North Carolina to Florida (see additional images at All-Leps)

Leach's Grass-veneer (C. leachellus) forewing white stripe is spindle-shaped (not parallel-sided) and does not reach outer margin

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)

E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum - University of Alberta - Image & Info

All-Leps - Images of pinned specimens & Range Data

Moths of North Dakota - Image & Info

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 9 June, 2007 - 3:40pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robin McLeod, Tony-2, JohnMaxwell22
Last updated 6 January, 2022 - 3:19am

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