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) culmellaLinnaeus, 1758 Chrysoteuchia hrysoteuchia caricetalis(Hübner, 1825) Chrysoteuchia culmella montanellus(Stephens, 1834) Crambus cespitellus ab. brunneaDufrane, 1942 Crambus hortibiusStrand, 1920 Crambus hortuellus var. minimusStrand, 1900 Tinea cespitellaHübner, 1796 Palparia cespiteaHaworth, 1811 Chrysoteuchia culmella sebdoui(Bleszynski, 1962) Tinea hortellaFabricius, 1794 Tinea hortuellaHübner, 1796 Tinea hortalisHübner, 1825 Palparia hortueaHaworth, 1811 Tinea strigellaFabricius, 1781 Tinea strigatusFabricius, 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] See also Parsons et al. ^[2]

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

The larvae feed on various grasses.

References

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
2. Mark Parsons, Sean Clancy, David Wilson A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland: Atropos, England. ISBN   9780955108648

External links

• Lepiforum de
• Chrysoteuchia culmella. UKMoths.