Agriphila poliellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1832. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Norway and Greece), Turkey, Iran, the Ural, Dagestan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Its type locality is in Hungary.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Grey 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 ribbeellus
- Pediasia aridella
- Pediasia contaminella
- Pediasia trisecta
- Pediasia luteella
- Agriphila vulgivagellus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Agriphila
- Species
- Agriphila poliellus
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