Chrysoteuchia culmella

Chrysoteuchia culmella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Chrysoteuchia
Species:	C. culmella
Binomial name
	Chrysoteuchia culmella; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Phalaena (Tinea) culmella Linnaeus, 1758; Chrysoteuchia hrysoteuchia caricetalis (Hübner, 1825); Chrysoteuchia culmella montanellus (Stephens, 1834); Crambus cespitellus ab. brunnea Dufrane, 1942; Crambus hortibius Strand, 1920; Crambus hortuellus var. minimus Strand, 1900; Tinea cespitella Hübner, 1796; Palparia cespitea Haworth, 1811; Chrysoteuchia culmella sebdoui (Bleszynski, 1962); Tinea hortella Fabricius, 1794; Tinea hortuella Hübner, 1796; Tinea hortalis Hübner, 1825; Palparia hortuea Haworth, 1811; Tinea strigella Fabricius, 1781; Tinea strigatus Fabricius, 1798; Chrysoteuchia culmella uralellus (Krulikovsky, 1909); Chrysoteuchia culmella ussuriellus (Bleszynski, 1962);

Chrysoteuchia culmella, the garden grass-veneer, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in Europe.

Fig. 4 larva after final moult

The wingspan is 18–24 mm. The forewings are brown ; a whitish median streak, ending in branches along veins 2-5, often separated by dark fuscous scales ; dorsal 2/3 often wholly suffused with whitish-ochreous ; a terminal series of black dots ; cilia metallic. Hindwings are rather dark grey. The larva is pale pinkish-ochreous ; spots brown ; head and plate of 2 brown, darker- marked.^[1]

The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various grasses.

References[]

^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

External links[]

Chrysoteuchia culmella. UKMoths.

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[1] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

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Chrysoteuchia culmella

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Chrysoteuchia
Species:	C. culmella
Binomial name
*Chrysoteuchia culmella* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Phalaena (Tinea) culmella Linnaeus, 1758 Chrysoteuchia hrysoteuchia caricetalis (Hübner, 1825) Chrysoteuchia culmella montanellus (Stephens, 1834) Crambus cespitellus ab. brunnea Dufrane, 1942 Crambus hortibius Strand, 1920 Crambus hortuellus var. minimus Strand, 1900 Tinea cespitella Hübner, 1796 Palparia cespitea Haworth, 1811 Chrysoteuchia culmella sebdoui (Bleszynski, 1962) Tinea hortella Fabricius, 1794 Tinea hortuella Hübner, 1796 Tinea hortalis Hübner, 1825 Palparia hortuea Haworth, 1811 Tinea strigella Fabricius, 1781 Tinea strigatus Fabricius, 1798 Chrysoteuchia culmella uralellus (Krulikovsky, 1909) Chrysoteuchia culmella ussuriellus (Bleszynski, 1962)