Common grass-veneer
Agriphila tristella
The common grass-veneer is a slim moth that lives in grassy places. Its front wings are yellow-brown, often with a pale stripe down the middle. Its back wings are plain grey.
Lives in
Europe and Asia, including Britain, Iran, India and Pakistan, in grassy places
Wingspan
2.2 to 3 cm (0.87 to 1.2 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat grasses.
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 Common grass-veneer compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Common 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 wings are about 2 to 3 centimetres from tip to tip.
2
In Britain it flies from June to September.
3
It comes out at night and flies to lights.
4
It has a short little cone on its face.
you asked
Most asked questions about Common grass-veneer
?Is the common grass-veneer harmful?
No. It is a harmless little moth of grassy places.
?What does the common grass-veneer eat?
Its caterpillars eat grasses.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Agriphila tristella
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Agriphila tristella (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 Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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