Topiary grass-veneer
The topiary grass-veneer is a small moth that lives in most of North America. Its caterpillars live down in the grass. They are so good at it that one of its names is the subterranean sod webworm.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillars also nibble at the bottom of cranberry plants, leaving brown, dead patches. That is why it is also called the cranberry girdler.
Only one set of new moths hatches each year, and the grown-ups fly from late June to early August.
Its wings are just under 2 centimetres across.
Most asked questions about Topiary grass-veneer
?What does the topiary grass-veneer eat?
Its caterpillars eat mostly grasses, and sometimes cranberry plants.
?Why is it called the cranberry girdler?
Because its caterpillars feed at the base of cranberry plants and leave brown, dead patches.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Chrysoteuchia topiarius
- Named by
- Zeller, 1866
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Subterranean sod webworm, Cranberry girdler
Where the facts come from
- Chrysoteuchia topiarius (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 Cheryl Moorehead. CC BY 3.0 us, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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