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Elegant Grass-Veneer Moth Forewings are silvery-white with brown. When viewed from above, the moth looks like it has a frowning face - with two triangular eyes and a down-curved mouth. Terminal line with 7 dark dots. Elegant Grass-Veneer Moth,Geotagged,Microcrambus,Microcrambus elegans,Summer,United States,moth Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Elegant Grass-Veneer Moth

Forewings are silvery-white with brown. When viewed from above, the moth looks like it has a frowning face - with two triangular eyes and a down-curved mouth. Terminal line with 7 dark dots.

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"Microcrambus elegans", the elegant grass-veneer moth, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found from Ontario, Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to Texas, north to Kansas and Illinois.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Feb 9, 2018. Captured Jul 29, 2017 06:23 in 5 East St, New Milford, CT 06776, USA.
  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm