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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) » Thaumatopsis » Thaumatopsis pectinifer - Hodges#5447 (Thaumatopsis pectinifer)

Species Thaumatopsis pectinifer - Hodges#5447

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Thaumatopsis 2 - Thaumatopsis pectinifer

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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 Thaumatopsis

Species pectinifer (Thaumatopsis pectinifer - Hodges#5447)

Hodges Number

5447

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Thaumatopsis pectinifer (Zeller, 1877)

Crambus pectinifer Zeller, 1877

Size

Wingspan 22 mm. (1)

Identification

Description is online. (1)

Determined by Brian Scholtens.

Range

North Dakota, to Oklahoma, Texas to southern Florida. (2), (3), (4), (5)

Also scattered records from the Michigan and Indiana area. (6)

Likely to be found anywhere corn is grown.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Records of adults are mainly from March, May to June, and August to November. (6), (5)

August is the peak moth. (6)

Life Cycle

Grass stem borer.

Remarks

Considered a serious pest of corn.

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group .

Print References

Fernald, C.F. 1896. The Crambidae of North America. (1)

Zeller, 1877. Exotic Micro-lepidoptera. p. 51, pl.1, fig. 20a, 20b.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	The Crambidae of North America Charles Henry Fernald. 1896. Massachusetts Agricultural College.

2.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

3.	Sod webworm moths (Pyralidae: Crambidae) in South Dakota B. McDaniel, G. Fauske, R. D. Gustin. 1984. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 38(3): 149-164.

4.	Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)

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

6.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 October, 2009 - 1:41pm
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 8:25pm

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