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Microcrambus biguttellus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Microcrambus

Microcrambus biguttellus

Microcrambus biguttellus, the gold-stripe grass-veneer, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by W. T. M. Forbes in 1920. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. It has also been recorded from Cuba and Puerto Rico.

The length of the forewings is about 8 mm. The forewings are white with angled lines near the costa. There are black dots along the inner margin of the median line. Adults are on wing between May and September in most of the range, but year round in Florida.

The larvae feed on grasses.

References

Microcrambus biguttellus Wikipedia