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Neodactria luteolellus

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Species of moth

Neodactria luteolellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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. 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. 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.

The larvae feed on grasses.

References

  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.
Taxon identifiers
Neodactria luteolellus


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