Chequered Grass-veneer vs Marbled Grass-veneer

Catoptria falsella compared with Catoptria verellus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chequered Grass-veneer	Marbled Grass-veneer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class same	Insecta (Insekten)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order same	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)
Family same	Crambidae	Crambidae
Genus same	Catoptria	Catoptria
Species	Catoptria falsella	Catoptria verellus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chequered Grass-veneer and Marbled Grass-veneer share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Catoptria.

Conservation Status

Chequered Grass-veneer

LC — Least Concern

Marbled Grass-veneer

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chequered Grass-veneer	Marbled Grass-veneer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chequered Grass-veneer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Marbled Grass-veneer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Chequered Grass-veneer

The Chequered Grass-veneer (Catoptria falsella) is a species in the genus Catoptria. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden