Pearl veneer
Agriphila straminella
The pearl veneer is a small brown moth with a whitish stripe along each front wing. When it rests on a grass stem, it rolls its wings around its body and looks like a little stick. It is very common in grassy places.
Lives in
Europe and across Asia, in grassland and meadows
Wingspan
1.6 to 2 cm (0.63 to 0.79 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat grasses like fescue, meadow grass and wheat.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 3 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 38 seconds
How big is Pearl veneer compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Pearl veneer about 9.9 km/h (6.2 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
The fringe on the edge of its front wings has a metal-like shine.
2
A row of tiny black dots runs along the outer edge of each front wing.
3
The moths fly from June to September.
you asked
Most asked questions about Pearl veneer
?What does the pearl veneer eat?
Its caterpillars eat grasses, including wheat.
?How big is the pearl veneer?
Its wings measure only about 1.6 to 2 centimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Agriphila straminella
- Named by
- Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Agriphila straminella (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 Olei. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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