Microcrambus biguttellus

Microcrambus biguttellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Microcrambus
Species:	M. biguttellus
Binomial name
Microcrambus biguttellus W. T. M. Forbes, 1920
Synonyms
Crambus biguttellus W. T. M. Forbes, 1920 Crambus biguttelus Schaus, 1940

Microcrambus biguttellus, the gold-stripe grass-veneer, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by W. T. M. Forbes in 1920.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.^[2] It has also been recorded from Cuba and Puerto Rico.

The length of the forewings is about 8 mm. The forewings are white with angled lines near the costa. There are black dots along the inner margin of the median line.^[3] Adults are on wing between May and September in most of the range, but year round in Florida.

The larvae feed on grasses.

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