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Species Crambus pascuella - Hodges#5339

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white moth - Crambus pascuella Crambus pascuellus - Crambus pascuella Crambidae: Crambus pascuella - Crambus pascuella Crambidae: Crambus pascuella - Crambus pascuella Crambus? - Crambus pascuella Crambus pascuella Crambus pascuella Inlaid Grass-Veneer - Hodges 5339 - Crambus pascuella
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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 pascuella (Crambus pascuella - Hodges#5339)

Hodges Number

5339

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Crambus pascuella (Linnaeus, 1798)
Holarctic species with many synonyms from various locations. funet
* Phylogenetic sequence #159225

Size

Wingspan 21-25 mm

Identification

Range

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) - collection map and photos of pinned adults.
Found throughout many parts of the northern hemisphere.

Habitat

Grassland areas and wetlands

Season

Most records are from May through September.

Print References

Powell, J. A., and P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 24.2f; p. 181.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Entomology Collection at the University of Alberta
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 29 February, 2008 - 7:12pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Maury Heiman
Last updated 13 March, 2020 - 7:50am

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