Agriphila straminella (Pearl Veneer)

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Agriphila straminella (Pearl Veneer)

Pearl Veneer (Agriphila straminella)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg

Systematics :

Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Articulate animals (Arthropoda)
Class: Insects (Insecta)
Order: Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Group: Micro-moths ("Micro-heterocera")
Family: Snout moths (Pyralidae)
Subfamily: Crambinae
Genus: Agriphila
Species: Pearl Veneer (Agriphila straminella)

Norwegian name: Blek nebbmott

Host plants: Festuca ovina (Sheep's-Fescue), Poa pratensis (Smooth Meadow-gras)

Confusion species: Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)

Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info