Young's Grass-veneer - Hodges#5349
Crambus youngellus
This record describes Crambus youngellus (species). Recorded family: Crambidae. Recorded order: Lepidoptera.
Identification and Appearance
Adult: forewing mostly silvery white with broad yellowish-orange streak running from subterminal line to base, and continuing onto shoulders and head to eye; ST line V-shaped, yellowish-orange, broad at inner margin, tapering to thin strip at angle of V, and continuing to costa; terminal line thin, blackish, with 4 or 5 short dark dashes along lower half; triangular yellowish-orange apical dash; fringe white; hindwing white to pale gray.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
- Superfamily
- Pyraloidea
- Family
- Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
- Subfamily
- Crambinae
- Tribe
- Crambini
- Genus
- Crambus
Imported taxonomy record. Source availability varies; see the source references and editorial policy below.
Habitat and Range
Geographic Range
Records from Wisconsin, Ontario, Quebec and Maine, south to North Carolina and Tennessee. Type locality: Mer Bleue, Ontario (C.H. Young, July 2-10).
Additional species information
Species notes from the sources
Etymology: Named in honor of collector Charles H. Young of Ottawa. Young supplied many "exquisitely mounted specimens " to Kearfott, August Busck and J.H. McDunnough and has several lepidoptera named for him, including Acleris youngana (McDunnough), Crambus youngellus Kearfott, Sympistis youngi (McDunnough) and Thaumatographa youngiella (Busck).
About Butterflies and Moths: the wider group
Order-level background for Lepidoptera, the group containing Crambus youngellus. Species-specific details appear above.
Group overview
Lepidoptera includes approximately 180,000 described species of butterflies and moths. Moths outnumber butterflies roughly 10:1. The monarch butterfly's eastern population has declined by more than 80% since the mid-1990s, and the western population by over 95% since the 1980s. The IUCN lists the migratory monarch as Vulnerable.
Ecological role of the group
Butterflies and moths are essential indicators of ecosystem health. As caterpillars, they are a primary food source for birds - a single nest of blue tit chicks requires ~10,000 caterpillars. Adult moths pollinate many night-blooming plants.
Economic and practical significance of the group
Lepidoptera are critical pollinators. In Europe, grassland butterfly species have declined by almost 50% since the early 1990s. In the UK, three-quarters of butterflies are in decline. In the U.S., five butterfly species have gone extinct since 1950, with 29 listed as endangered.
Recorded sources for this group: IUCN Red List, Xerces Society, USFWS, PNAS, WWF. Imported estimates may describe particular regions or reporting periods.
Photos of Young's Grass-veneer - Hodges#5349 (5)
Photo credits: Contributed by Robin McLeod; Additional contributions by Steve Nanz , Tony-2 , Randy Hardy
Frequently Asked Questions About Young's Grass-veneer - Hodges#5349
What is Young's Grass-veneer - Hodges#5349?
Young's Grass-veneer - Hodges#5349 (Crambus youngellus) is a species in the family Crambidae, within the order Lepidoptera.
How big is Young's Grass-veneer - Hodges#5349?
Wingspan about 22 mm.
How do you identify Young's Grass-veneer - Hodges#5349?
Adult: forewing mostly silvery white with broad yellowish-orange streak running from subterminal line to base, and continuing onto shoulders and head to eye; ST line V-shaped, yellowish-orange, broad at inner margin, tapering to thin strip at angle of V, and continuing to costa; terminal line thin, blackish, with 4 or 5 short dark dashes along lower half; triangular yellowish-orange apical dash; fringe white; hindwing white to pale gray.
Where is Young's Grass-veneer - Hodges#5349 found?
Range: Records from Wisconsin, Ontario, Quebec and Maine, south to North Carolina and Tennessee. Type locality: Mer Bleue, Ontario (C.H. Young, July 2-10).