Bug FAQForked Grass-veneer
Crambus bidens · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Crambidae
Also called: Bidens Grass-veneer
Forked Grass-veneer lives in bog habitats. It is recorded from several locations in North America, including states and provinces such as Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Its habitat consists of bogs.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It occurs in North America, with records from Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 18 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Connecticut, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, North Carolina.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crambus_bidens
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Text written 2026-10-26 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-26.