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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 bolterellus - Hodges#5452 (Thaumatopsis bolterellus)

Species Thaumatopsis bolterellus - Hodges#5452

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

Thaumatopsis bolterellus - Hodges #5452 - Thaumatopsis bolterellus

Agriphila vulgivagellus? - Thaumatopsis bolterellus

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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 bolterellus (Thaumatopsis bolterellus - Hodges#5452 )

Hodges Number

5452

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Thaumatopsis bolterellus (Fernald, 1887)

Crambus bolterellus Fernald, 1887 (1)

Numbers

There are fourteen named species of Thaumatopsis in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Wingspan about 22 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult:(2)

Head and thorax pale yellow.

Forewings white with fuscous (brownish-gray) edged costa.

Rows of dull stripes between the veins.

Two oblique reddish-brown lines cross the wing, one near the outer margin and the other less than middle of the wing.

A row of 6-7 black spots are spaced between the veins near the outer margin.

Forewing fringe a pale silvery metallic.

Hindwing is dull white with a pale brownish-gray terminal line ending before the anal angle.

Range

Texas (1)

New Mexico (2)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Food

Larval foodplant is unknown but most likely grasses. (1)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Fernald, C.H. 1896. The Crambidae of North America. p. 53. (1)

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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 November, 2012 - 12:25am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 9:37pm

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