Neodactria luteolellus

Neodactria luteolellus, the mottled grass-veneer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Labrador and Quebec to North Carolina, west to Arizona and California and north to Alberta.^[2] The habitat consists of grassland areas in prairies, aspen parklands and boreal forests.

Neodactria luteolellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Crambinae
Tribe:	Crambini
Genus:	Neodactria
Species:	N. luteolellus
Binomial name
Neodactria luteolellus (Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
Crambus luteolellus Clemens, 1860 Crambus edredellus Schaus, 1922 Crambus duplicatus Grote, 1880 Crambus ulae Cockerell, 1888 Crambus holochrellus Fernald, 1896 Neodactria luteolellus refotalis Hulst, 1886

The wingspan is 13–24 mm. Adults are on wing from late June to mid-July in one generation per year.^[3]

The larvae feed on grasses.