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Species Crambus girardellus - Girard's Grass-veneer - Hodges#5365

Representative Images

Girard's Grass-Veneer Moth 06 - Crambus girardellus Girard's Grass-veneer - Crambus girardellus Girard's Grass-veneer Moth - Crambus girardellus Girard's Grass-veneer Moth - Crambus girardellus Girard's grass-veneer - Crambus girardellus Moose Road Crambid - Crambus girardellus Girard's Grass-veneer Moth - Crambus girardellus moth at porch light - Crambus girardellus
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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 girardellus (Girard's Grass-veneer - Hodges#5365)

Hodges Number

5365

Size

Medium sized Crambus - 25-28mm wingspan (U Alberta Entomology Collection)

Identification

Forewings silvery-white with a longitudinal orange stripe. Narrow brown terminal line with five dark brown dashes in lower part. Hindwings white, often smoky away from the margin. (U Alberta Entomology Collection)

Range

Ontario, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Quebec, Labrador, Michigan, Alberta (U Alberta Entomology Collection)

Habitat

Prairies, aspen parkland, conifer forest (U Alberta Entomology Collection)

Season

June-July (U Alberta Entomology Collection)

Food

Grass roots (U Alberta Entomology Collection)

Internet References

U Alberta Entomology Collection
MPG
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 6 August, 2006 - 12:29am
Additional contributions by tom murray, marcie oconnor, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 23 October, 2018 - 3:38pm

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