Garden grass-veneer
Chrysoteuchia culmella
The garden grass-veneer is a small, slim brown moth with a pale stripe along each front wing. When it rests on a grass stem, it rolls its wings tight around its body. It is common in grassy places in summer.
Lives in
Europe, in lawns, meadows and grassy gardens
Wingspan
1.8 to 2.4 cm (0.71 to 0.94 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillar eats different kinds of grasses.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 4 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 34 seconds
How big is Garden grass-veneer compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Garden grass-veneer about 11 km/h (6.8 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
It flies in early summer, in June and July.
2
The edges of its wings have a metallic shine.
3
Its caterpillar is pale pinkish with little brown spots.
you asked
Most asked questions about Garden grass-veneer
?Is the garden grass-veneer harmful?
No. It is a small, harmless moth.
?What does the garden grass-veneer eat?
Its caterpillar eats grass.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Chrysoteuchia culmella
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Chrysoteuchia culmella (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 Syrio. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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