Genus Herpetogramma

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Spilomelinae

Genus Herpetogramma

Other Common Names

larvae commonly called webworms, sod webworms, or grass webworms

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Herpetogramma Lederer, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (12): 430

Numbers

Ten species in our area. (1)

Range

represented throughout North America, Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, Central and South America

Habitat

pastures, fields, lawns

Food

Some of the larvae feed on grasses, but Herpetogramma spp are not restricted to grasses - at least 3 of the species in North America are fern feeders, and I believe there is an aster-feeder, as well. Eric LoPresti, 7/28/2012

One was raised on wild ginger,

another on wood nettle (Laportea canadensis).

Print References

Solis, M. A. 2010: North American Herpetogramma Lederer, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae): type specimens and identity of species in the United States and Canada. – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 112 (3): 451–463. (2)

Internet References

live larva image of the tropical sod webworm, H. phaeopteralis (turfgrass.com)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.

2.	North American Herpetogramma (Lederer), 1863 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae): type specimens and ... M. Alma Solis. 2010. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 112(3): 451-463.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 October, 2004 - 3:04pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 26 November, 2019 - 7:27pm

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