Fissicrambus mutabilis, the changeable grass-veneer or striped sod webworm, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found from Quebec to Florida, west to Texas and Illinois and north to Ontario.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Changeable 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
- Fissicrambus haytiellus
- Pediasia contaminella
- Neodactria luteolellus
- Pediasia trisecta
- Pediasia ribbeellus
- Culladia cuneiferellus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Fissicrambus
- Species
- Fissicrambus mutabilis
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