Crambidae : Crambinae
Chrysoteuchia culmella
CHRYSOTEUCHIA culmella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysoteuchia culmella
CHRYSOTEUCHIA culmella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Garden Grass-veneer
Wingspan: 18-24mm
Worldwide Distribution: Found throughout the Palearctic Region
UK Distribution: Common throughout Britain
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Grassland : Meadows : Calcareous grassland : Waste Ground
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon at base of grass roots
Observations: One of the commonest grass moths to be found in grassland where during the day the moth rests on grass stems in a head down attitude where it is easily disturbed. The moth will come to light.
With a background colour that ranges between light brown and sandy brown(see photos below) this moth is easy to recognise being the only grass moth with two "C or V" postmedial silvery line markings and a series of black dots at the base of the termen.
The moth is single brooded between May and October in the south where the larvae feed on the roots of grasses like Cock's-foot.
Wingspan: 18-24mm
Worldwide Distribution: Found throughout the Palearctic Region
UK Distribution: Common throughout Britain
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Tinea) culmella Linnaeus, 1758
- Tinia hortuella Hübner, 1796
- Not Specified
Habitat: Grassland : Meadows : Calcareous grassland : Waste Ground
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon at base of grass roots
Observations: One of the commonest grass moths to be found in grassland where during the day the moth rests on grass stems in a head down attitude where it is easily disturbed. The moth will come to light.
With a background colour that ranges between light brown and sandy brown(see photos below) this moth is easy to recognise being the only grass moth with two "C or V" postmedial silvery line markings and a series of black dots at the base of the termen.
The moth is single brooded between May and October in the south where the larvae feed on the roots of grasses like Cock's-foot.
Subspecies
C.c.montanella Stephens, 1834-England : North Europe Coast
C.c.montanella Stephens, 1834-England : North Europe Coast
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Chrysoteuchia culmella use larval food plants from the following families
Poaceae : Gramineae: True Grasses Family
Chrysoteuchia culmella larva feed on grasses such as Agrostis-Bent grasses :
Dactylis-Cock's-foot grasses : Festuca-Perennial tufted grasses
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Crambinae CHRYSOTEUCHIA Hübner, [1825] Chrysoteuchia culmella (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tinia hortuella Hübner, 1796 - PHALAENA culmella (Linnaeus, 1758) = Tinea strigella Fabricius, 1781 = Tinea hortella Fabricius, 1794 = Tinea hortuella Hübner, 1796 = Tinea cespitella Hübner, 1796 = Tinea strigatus Fabricius, 1798 = Palparia cespitea Haworth, 1811 = Palparia hortuea Haworth, 1811 = Tinea hortalis Hübner, 1825 = Chrysoteuchia hrysoteuchia caricetalis Hübner, 1825 = Crambus hortuellus var. minimus Strand, 1900 = Crambus hortibius Strand, 1920 = Crambus cespitellus ab. brunnea Dufrane, 1942 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title Page : p.535 - n.246 - Not Specified - C.c.culmella Linnaeus, 1758-Europe-excluding below C.c.montanella Stephens, 1834-England : North Europe Coast C.c.uralella Krulikovsky, 1909-Urals C.c.ussuriella Bleszynski, 1962-Ussuri : Japan C.c.sebdoui Bleszynski, 1962-Algeria |