Garden Grass-veneer vs Green Baron

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Garden Grass-veneer Green Baron
Scientific Name Chrysoteuchia culmella Euthalia adonia
Order Lepidoptera Lepidoptera
Family Crambidae Nymphalidae
Size 20-26 mm wingspan 60-80 mm wingspan
Habitat Gardens Forests
Diet Root Feeders Sap Feeders
Regions Europe, Northern Asia Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar)
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Garden Grass-veneer

A small straw-colored moth with a silvery sheen and prominent labial palps forming a snout. It is one of the commonest grass moths in European lawns.

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Did You Know?

Hundreds can be flushed from a single patch of lawn when walking through grass at dusk.

Green Baron

A forest butterfly with vivid iridescent green upperside in males, while females are brownish with white markings. It has a powerful, gliding flight pattern and rarely opens its wings when settled.

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Did You Know?

The brilliant green of the male is produced by microscopic structures in the wing scales rather than by any chemical pigment.