Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Crambus perlella

Crambus perlella (Scopoili, 1763)

satin grass-veneer, immaculate frass-veneer

on grasses

Crambus perlella

Haarlemmermeer, 14.vii.2022 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larvae in a silken tube deeply among the grass culms.

host plants

Poaceae, oligophagous

Avenella flexuosa; Festuca ovina, rubra.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2023).

synonyms

Crambus perlellus.

references

Lepiforum (2023), Petersen, Friese & Rinnhofer (1973a), Wegner (2010a).

Last modified 23.viii.2023