Barred grass-veneer
Agriphila inquinatella
The barred grass-veneer is a small cream to straw-brown moth with whitish lines along its wings. It has a pointy face like a little cone. Its caterpillar lives in silk tunnels among grass.
Lives in
Europe, the Caucasus to Turkestan, and the Near East to Jordan
Wingspan
2.3 to 2.9 cm (0.91 to 1.1 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillar eats grasses like meadow-grass and sheep's fescue, probably even the roots, and sometimes moss.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 5 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 32 seconds
How big is Barred grass-veneer compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Barred grass-veneer about 12 km/h (7.5 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its caterpillar makes silk tunnels to live and eat in.
2
Caterpillars have been found under pebbles next to grass plants, so they probably nibble the roots.
3
For a long time scientists mixed it up with other moths and used its name for the wrong ones.
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Most asked questions about Barred grass-veneer
?What does the barred grass-veneer eat?
Its caterpillar eats grasses and sometimes moss.
?Where does the barred grass-veneer live?
In Europe and western Asia, in grassy places.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Agriphila inquinatella
- Named by
- Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Agriphila inquinatella (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Sarefo. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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