Genus Fissicrambus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited

Crambid Snout Moth - Hodges #5433 - Fissicrambus haytiellus

Changeable Grass-Veneer - Fissicrambus mutabilis

Carpet-grass Webworm Moth - Fissicrambus haytiellus

Fissicrambus mutabilis - Fissicrambus mutabilis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)

Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)

Subfamily Crambinae (Crambine Snout Moths)

Tribe Crambini (Grass-Veneers)

Genus Fissicrambus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Fissicrambus Bleszynski, 1963(1)

Identification

Bleszynski (1963)(1) remarked about this genus: "Externally nearly all the species of this genus are practically indistinguishable from each other, being sometimes distinct only on size. The study of this genus is only provisional, many questions are still unsolved." The examples of each species selected below cannot show the overlapping variation within and between species, so caution is advised in all species placements.

Fissicrambus haytiellus

Fissicrambus hemiochrellus

Fissicrambus intermedius

Fissicrambus minuellus

Fissicrambus mutabilis

Fissicrambus profanellus

Fissicrambus quadrinotellus

Remarks

"This is a tough group with lots of room for error in ID'ing. There is a tremendous difference between fresh, typically worn and very worn specimens." Bob Patterson

Works Cited

1.	Studies on the Crambidae (Lepidoptera). Part 41. On some tropical Crambidae with descriptions of new genera and species. Bleszynski, Stanislaw. 1963. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 8 (3a).

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 23 December, 2005 - 5:39pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert Lord Zimlich, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 14 April, 2022 - 2:53pm

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