Elegant Grass-veneer Microcrambus elegans (Clemens, 1860)

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Identification: Wings silvery white. Forewing variably shaded with brown, heaviest in upper pm. area. St. line sharp, even, parallel to outer margin. Look for seven blackish terminal dots.

Wing Span: 1.2-1.5 cm.

Life History:

Flight: April-September.

Caterpillar Hosts: Grasses.

Adult Food:

Habitat:

Range: Maine and Ontario to Florida, west to Kansas and the Gulf Coast.

Conservation:

NCGR:

Management Needs:

Comments: NULL

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