Garden Grass-veneer vs Canary Islands Large White Butterfly

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute	Garden Grass-veneer	Canary Islands Large White Butterfly
Scientific Name	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Pieris cheiranthi
Order	Lepidoptera	Lepidoptera
Family	Crambidae	Pieridae
Size	20-26 mm wingspan	55-65 mm wingspan
Habitat	Gardens	Forests
Diet	Root Feeders	Herbivores
Regions	Europe, Northern Asia	Canary Islands
Conservation	Least Concern	Endangered

Garden Grass-veneer

A small straw-colored moth with a silvery sheen and prominent labial palps forming a snout. It is one of the commonest grass moths in European lawns.

💡

Hundreds can be flushed from a single patch of lawn when walking through grass at dusk.

A large white butterfly endemic to the Canary Islands with prominent dark wing markings. It is found in laurel forests on several islands.

💡

It is restricted to shrinking patches of ancient laurel forest that once covered much of Europe.