---
title: "Elbow-striped Grass-veneer"
description: "Agriphila geniculea — Owady i pająki. Agriphila geniculea, the elbow-striped grass-veneer, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/elbow-striped-grass-veneer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Elbow-striped Grass-veneer

> Agriphila geniculea — Owady i pająki. Agriphila geniculea, the elbow-striped grass-veneer, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.

- Scientific name: *Agriphila geniculea*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 7839
- Wikidata: [Q1884587](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1884587)
- iNaturalist taxon: [334337](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/334337)

## Names

- en: Elbow-striped Grass-veneer
- de: Ellbogenstreifiger Graszünsler
- fr: Crambus anguleux
- nl: Gepijlde grasmot

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2125), FR (766), DE (589), PT (358), ES (324), CH (254), AT (208), IT (169), PL (153), BE (121), CZ (120), DK (112)

## Summary

Agriphila geniculea, the elbow-striped grass-veneer, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811.

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

## Photo

![Elbow-striped Grass-veneer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/elbow-striped-grass-veneer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133318809

## Machine access

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