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Heath Grass-veneer
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Heath Grass-veneer

Crambus ericella

Crambus ericella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1813.

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Description

The wingspan is 21–28 millimetres (0.83–1.10 in). Forewings are dark brown, with well defined white longitudinal streaks and a white apical triangle. Meyrick - Forewings with apex hardly produced; golden-ochreous; a narrow white dorsal streak; a rather narrow shining white median longitudinal streak from base to 7/8, obliquely cut at 3/4 of length, apex truncate; grey dark-edged interneural streaks in disc posteriorly; second line shining white, bent, preceded by a white oblique costal mark; a small white triangular subapical spot; five black dots on lower part of termen, sometimes surrounded by whitish suffusion; cilia metallic. Hindwings grey.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 526883.