Peppered Haimbachia Haimbachia placidellus (Haimbach, 1907)

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Identification: Forewing pale tan or whitish with dark speckling; PM and subterminal lines variably distinct to faint; PM line thick, diffuse, V-shaped, slightly irregular; subterminal line double, relatively thick, somewhat blurred, runs parallel to outer margin in lower two-thirds of wing, then bends smoothly toward base before reaching costa; area beyond ST line with yellow scaling along veins (sometimes faint or not noticeable); terminal line thin, black, double, the more proximal line breaking into 3 or 4 black dots near inner margin; hindwing pale yellowish with darker terminal line; at rest, wings are held in a loose tent-like position over the abdomen, not wrapped tightly around the body as in many other genera in the subfamily Crambinae

Wing Span: About 1.7 cm.

Life History:

Flight: May to at least July

Caterpillar Hosts: presumably grasses

Adult Food:

Habitat:

Range: Eastern United States: New York and Massachusetts to South Carolina, west to Tennessee.

Conservation:

NCGR:

Management Needs:

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