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Species Thaumatopsis floridella - Floridian Grass-veneer Moth - Hodges#5443

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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 floridella (Floridian Grass-veneer Moth - Hodges#5443)

Hodges Number

5443

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Thaumatopsis floridella Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 (1)

Thaumatopsis floridalis Kearfott, 1905 (1) misspelling (Monroe, 1983) (2)

Numbers

Thaumatopsis has 14 species in America north of Mexico. (3)

Size

Wingspan 23-31 mm. (3), (1)

Identification

The original description of Thaumatopsis fernaldella Kearfott, is available online in the print references below.(1) The specimen he described from Key West as possibly being a form of fernaldella is believed to be floridella.

Range

Coastal areas from New Jersey to Florida and Texas. (4), (2)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most common from May to September. (3), (1)

Heppner lists Florida records from January to May; August to September; November to December. (2)

Food

Larvae feed on grasses (Gramineae). (2)

Print References

Barnes, W. M. & J. H. McDunnough 1913. Some apparently new Lepidoptera from southern Florida. –Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 2(4): 177; pl. 2. fig. 9.

Kearfott, W.D. 1905. Assiniboia Micro-Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. T.N. Willing. The Canadian Entomologist. 37: 121. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Assiniboia Micro-Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. T. N. Willing W. D. Kearfott. 1905. The Canadian Entomologist 37(3): 89-93.

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

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 May, 2011 - 4:15pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Blocky
Last updated 27 March, 2021 - 8:46pm

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