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Crambus hamella

Synonyms: Crambus baccaestria; Crambus carpenterellus; Crambus ensigerella; Crambus hastiferellus; Tinea hamella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Crambus leachellus, Leach's Grass-veneer, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Zincken in 1818. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario and Maryland to Florida, west to California and Oregon. The habitat consists of grasslands and meadows. The wingspan is 25-27 mm. The forewings are brown with a silvery white discal stripe and a row of five dark spots in the subterminal line. The hindwings are smoky white. Adults are on wing from May to September in two to four generations per year.
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Prey / Diet

Avenella flexuosa (wavy hairgrass)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0