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Species Neodactria luteolellus - Mottled Grass-veneer - Hodges#5379

Neodactria luteolellus Crambidae: Neodactria luteolellus? - Neodactria luteolellus A Grass Veneer Moth - Neodactria luteolellus Mottled Grass-veneer - Neodactria luteolellus small Grass-veneer - Neodactria luteolellus Mottled Grass-veneer - Hodges#5379 - Neodactria luteolellus Mottled Grass-veneer - Hodges#5379 - Neodactria luteolellus Pennsylvania Moth for ID - Neodactria luteolellus
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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 Neodactria
Species luteolellus (Mottled Grass-veneer - Hodges#5379)
Hodges Number
5379
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Neodactria luteolella (alternate spelling)
described in 1860 by Clemens, who originally placed it in genus Crambus
Numbers
two subspecies listed at All-Leps: luteolellus and refotalis
Size
wingspan 13-24 mm
Identification
Adult: forewing variably yellowish to brownish-orange to grayish-brown; median and subterminal lines indistinct, wavy, orangish; subterminal line angled inwards near the top; terminal line very indistinct, sometimes consisting of only a row of 3-5 dark dots; apex slightly pointed; hindwing brownish-gray [adapted from description at U. of Alberta]

Mark Dreiling's Specimen
Range
Labrador and Quebec to North Carolina, west to Arizona and California, north to Alberta
Habitat
grassland areas
Season
adults fly in June and July
Food
larvae probably feed on grass
Life Cycle
one generation per year
See Also
Neodactria caliginosellus forewing is dark gray; N. zeellus forewing is paler, lacks orangish shading.
Internet References
live and pinned adult images (Moth Photographers Group)
live and pinned adult images and dates (Larry Line, Maryland)
Two new species of Neodactria from the United States of America; PDF doc (Bernard Landry and Richard L. Brown, Zootaxa. 2005. mapress.com)
Butterflies and Moths of North America
University of Alberta Museums
GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 September, 2007 - 11:30pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor
Last updated 22 July, 2021 - 8:05am

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