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Species Neodactria caliginosellus - Black Grass-veneer - Hodges#5381

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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 caliginosellus (Black Grass-veneer - Hodges#5381)
Hodges Number
5381
Other Common Names
Corn Root Webworm (larva)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly Crambus caliginosellus; placed in genus Neodactria by Bernard Landry in 1995
listed under genus Pediasia at some Internet sites
Size
wingspan about 17 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG
Identification
Adult: forewing dark brown to blackish with inconspicuous black PM and subterminal lines; ST line is irregularly jagged with small teeth - a distinctive feature; hindwing dark grayish-brown with pale yellowish fringe

Larva: body pale white or gray with dark tubercles
Range
Quebec and New England to Florida, west to South Dakota and California, north to Alberta
Habitat
grassy areas, fields; adults are crepuscular/nocturnal and come to light
Season
adults fly in June and July in Alberta; probably longer season in the south
Food
larvae feed on turf grasses and occasionally corn stalks at ground level
Life Cycle
one generation per year
See Also
Bluegrass Webworm Moth (Parapediasia teterrella) forewing has a smooth and mostly straight subterminal line, not irregularly jagged and toothed
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