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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Crambine Snout Moths (Crambinae) » Grass-Veneers (Crambini) » Crambus » Crambus multilinellus - Hodges#5364 (Crambus multilinellus)

Species Crambus multilinellus - Hodges#5364

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Orange and White Moth - Crambus multilinellus

Crambus multilinellus? - Crambus multilinellus

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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 Crambus

Species multilinellus (Crambus multilinellus - Hodges#5364)

Hodges Number

5364

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Crambus multilinellus Fernald, 1887

multilineellus Kimball, 1965 misspelled (1)

Numbers

The genus Crambus included more than 42 species in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)

Size

Fernald (1887) reported a wingspan of 26 mm.

Identification

Range

Heppner (2003)(1) included North Carolina to Florida, Alabama to Mississippi. (4), (5)

Season

The adults are most common from April to August. (2)

Heppner (2003) reported March to May, September in Florida. (1)

Food

Heppner (2003) reported the host plant as grass (Gramineae). (1)

Print References

Fernald, C.H., 1887. North American Pyralidae. Entomologica Americana, 3: 37.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

4.	South Carolina Moth Species

5.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 August, 2013 - 7:25pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 1:36pm

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