Neodactria luteolellus

Neodactria luteolellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Crambinae
Tribe:	Crambini
Genus:	Neodactria
Species:	N. luteolellus
Binomial name
	Neodactria luteolellus; (Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
	Crambus luteolellus Clemens, 1860; Crambus edredellus Schaus, 1922; Crambus duplicatus Grote, 1880; Crambus ulae Cockerell, 1888; Crambus holochrellus Fernald, 1896; Neodactria luteolellus refotalis Hulst, 1886;

Neodactria luteolellus, the mottled grass-veneer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860.^[1] 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.^[2] The habitat consists of grassland areas in prairies, aspen parklands and boreal forests.

The wingspan is 13–24 mm. Adults are on wing from late June to mid-July in one generation per year.^[3]

The larvae feed on grasses.

References

^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
^ Bug Guide
^ Bird, C. D. & Shpeley, D. (2004). "Species Details: Neodactria luteolellus". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 27, 2020.

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[1] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[2] Bug Guide

[3] Bird, C. D. & Shpeley, D. (2004). "Species Details: Neodactria luteolellus". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 27, 2020.

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