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#2681 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Hook-streaked Grass-veneer

🇳🇱 Vroege grasmot ·Crambus lathoniellus

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Hook-streaked Grass-veneer, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Crambus lathoniellus is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1817. It is found in Europe, Central and South-East Asia.

base stats

  • NL sightings 73iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 7,401iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 73 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 7,401 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1817 (209 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Hook-streaked Grass-veneer
Nederlands
Vroege grasmot
scientific name
Crambus lathoniellus
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Crambidae
sightings in NL
73
sightings in Europe
6,103
sightings worldwide
7,401
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1817 by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken

relatives· Crambidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 130102, Wikidata Q143331, GBIF 1879959, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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