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Catoptria furcatellus, the northern grass-veneer, is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1839. It is found in mountainous areas of Europe, including Fennoscandia, Wales, northern England, Scotland, the Alps and the Tatra Mountains.

Catoptria furcatellus
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Catoptria
Species:	C. furcatellus
Binomial name
Catoptria furcatellus (Zetterstedt, 1839)
Synonyms
Chilo furcatella Zetterstedt, 1839 Catoptria furcatella Crambus radiolellus Herrich-Schäffer, [1848] Crambus lapponicellus Duponchel, 1844

The wingspan is 21–24 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae probably feed on Lycopodium and Festuca ovina.

External links

• UKMoths
• Swedish Moths

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