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title: "Gewone grasmot"
description: "Chrysoteuchia culmella — Insecten en spinnen. Chrysoteuchia culmella, the garden grass-veneer, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/garden-grass-veneer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gewone grasmot

> Chrysoteuchia culmella — Insecten en spinnen. Chrysoteuchia culmella, the garden grass-veneer, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.

- Scientific name: *Chrysoteuchia culmella*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 26509
- Wikidata: [Q1358997](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1358997)
- iNaturalist taxon: [130188](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130188)

## Names

- en: Garden Grass-veneer
- de: Rispengraszünsler
- fr: Crambus des jardins
- nl: Gewone grasmot

## Countries with the most observations

GB (7954), DE (3072), RU (2015), FR (1333), DK (989), FI (793), NL (738), BE (593), PL (574), AT (557), CH (465), CZ (344)

## Summary

Chrysoteuchia culmella, the garden grass-veneer, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in Europe.

The wingspan is 18–24 mm.
The forewings are brown; a whitish median streak, ending in branches along veins 2-5, often separated by dark fuscous scales; dorsal 2/3 often wholly suffused with whitish-ochreous; a terminal series of black dots; cilia metallic. Hindwings are rather dark grey. The larva is pale pinkish-ochreous; spots brown; head and plate of 2 brown, darker- marked. See also Parsons et al.
The moth flies…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoteuchia_culmella

## Photo

![Gewone grasmot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/garden-grass-veneer/medium.jpg)

Photo: uusijani · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/168656312

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/garden-grass-veneer?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).