Young's Grass-veneer Moth Crambus youngellus (Kearfott, 1908)

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Identification: Forewing mostly silvery white with broad yellowish-orange streak running from subterminal line to base, and continuing onto shoulders and head to eye; ST line V-shaped, yellowish-orange, broad at inner margin, tapering to thin strip at angle of "V", and continuing to costa; terminal line thin, blackish, with 4 or 5 short dark dashes along lower half; triangular yellowish-orange apical dash; fringe white; hindwing white to pale gray

Wing Span: 2.2 cm

Life History:

Flight: June and July

Caterpillar Hosts:

Adult Food:

Habitat:

Range: Northeastern United States and southern Ontario

Conservation:

NCGR:

Management Needs:

Taxonomy Notes: None.

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