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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) » Fissicrambus » Changeable Grass-veneer - Hodges#5435 (Fissicrambus mutabilis)
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Mystery Crambini Moth - Fissicrambus mutabilis
Copyright © 2016 Nigel Grindley

Mystery Crambini Moth - Fissicrambus mutabilis
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
June 3, 2016
Size: FW 10 mm
The reddish-brown band from the base along the costa has me puzzled. ID help much appreciated.

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Mystery Crambini Moth - Fissicrambus mutabilis Mystery Crambini Moth - Fissicrambus mutabilis Mystery Crambini Moth - Fissicrambus mutabilis
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Contributed by Nigel Grindley on 31 December, 2016 - 9:02am
Last updated 6 January, 2021 - 7:57pm

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Looks like Genus Thaumatopsis to me but it might depend on size. They are quite large as the Crambids go. My guess would be T. edonis, Hodges #5438 but they are hard to get identified to species. I have seen three or four species here.
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