Identification: Adult: forewing light brownish-yellow with white streak along costa completely bisected by thin brown longitudinal strip; dark streaks extend inward from lower half of outer margin [lacks a separately-dotted terminal line]; upper half of ST line is an oblique convex arc, and lower half is a concave arc - the two halves forming a curved point where they meet, resembling the crest of a wave; hindwing medium gray with white fringe and some white shading near base and along inner margin.

The grass-veneer moth ranges from Ontario and Maine to South Carolina, west to Texas, north to North Dakota. They fly April to September. Larvae feed on grass and moss.

See Also: Crambus saltuellus forewing has a smoothly-angled ST line, prominent double black lines from PM to ST line, and a terminal line that breaks into separate dots in lower half of wing.

Double-banded Grass-veneer (C. agitatellus) forewing has a white stripe that may sometimes be partially bisected by a faint yellowish strip but never completely bisected by a brown longitudinal strip.

Whitmer's Sod Webworm Moth (C. whitmerellus) forewing has two white patches in subterminal area, a prominent V-shaped subterminal line, and occurs mainly in the Rocky Mountains. [1]

1. Tom Murray, jvandyk, Robin McLeod, Bugguide.net, Species Crambus laqueatellus - Eastern Grass-veneer - Hodges#5378
2. Bob Paterson, Moth Photgrapher's Group, Bugguide.net