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INSECTS

Common Grass-veneer

Crambus praefectellus

Insects
Native
Common Grass-veneer, photo 1 of 5
Common Grass-veneer, Male
Common Grass-veneer, photo 3 of 5

Butterfly or moth in the family Crambidae.

There are 252 observations of Common Grass-veneer in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Capitale-Nationale and Estrie, and it has been reported in 14 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and August and become rare from October to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie48
  2. Capitale-Nationale43
  3. Estrie43
  4. Abitibi-Témiscamingue28
  5. Montréal24
  6. Outaouais20
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent13
  8. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean9
  9. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine8
  10. Laurentides6
  11. Lanaudière4
  12. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  13. Mauricie2
  14. Centre-du-Québec1

What the caterpillar eats

MaizeZea mays

Similar species

Leach's Grass-veneerCrambus leachellus
Double-banded Grass-veneerCrambus agitatellus
Wide-striped Grass-veneerCrambus unistriatellus
Pasture Grass-veneerCrambus saltuellus
Inlaid Grass-veneerCrambus pascuella
Eastern Grass-veneerCrambus laqueatellus
Forked Grass-veneerCrambus bidens
Changeable Grass-veneerFissicrambus mutabilis
Diminutive Grass-veneerRaphiptera argillaceellus
Whitmer's Grass-veneerCrambus whitmerellus
Small White Grass-veneerCrambus albellus
Girard's Grass-veneerCrambus girardellus