Mottled Grass-veneer

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.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Mottled Grass-veneer being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Pediasia contaminella
• Fissicrambus mutabilis
• Culladia cuneiferellus
• Pediasia ribbeellus
• Agriphila tolli
• Parapediasia teterrellus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Crambidae

Genus

Neodactria

Species

Neodactria luteolellus

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