Mottled Grass-veneer Moth
Neodactria luteolellus Clemens, 1860
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Neodactria luteolellus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Neodactria
Species:
N. luteolellus
Binomial name
Neodactria luteolellus
(Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Crambus luteolellus Clemens, 1860
  • Crambus edredellus Schaus, 1922
  • Crambus duplicatus Grote, 1880
  • Crambus ulae Cockerell, 1888
  • Crambus holochrellus Fernald, 1896
  • Neodactria luteolellus refotalis Hulst, 1886

Neodactria luteolellus, the mottled grass-veneer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Labrador and Quebec to North Carolina, west to Arizona and California and north to Alberta.[2] The habitat consists of grassland areas in prairies, aspen parklands and boreal forests.

The wingspan is 13–24 mm. Adults are on wing from late June to mid-July in one generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on grasses.

References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Bug Guide
  3. ^ Bird, C. D. & Shpeley, D. (2004). "Species Details: Neodactria luteolellus". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 27, 2020.