Subfamily Crambinae - Crambine Snout Moths

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pediasia trisecta - Sod Webworm - Hodges#5413 - Pediasia trisecta

Elegant Grass-veneer for September - Microcrambus elegans

Possible NJ first for Microcrambus minor - Microcrambus minor

ID Request - Thaumatopsis pexellus - male

Diminutive Grass-veneer - Crambus praefectellus

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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)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

formerly considered a subfamily of Pyralidae (before the family Crambidae was split from Pyralidae)

Explanation of Names

Crambinae from type genus Crambus (Fabricius), from Greek meaning "dry, parched." Also, in Greek mythology, the child of Phineus and Cleopatra. (1)

Numbers

197 species in 37 genera in our area (2).

Food

larvae are stem borers, root feeders, leaf tiers, and leaf miners

Print References

Covell, pp. 403-404 (3)

Solis, M. Alma 2007. Phylogenetic studies and modern classification of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Revista Colombiana de Entomología 33(1): 1-9 (4)

Internet References

overview of subfamily plus sample pinned adult images and common name reference for subfamily (Gerald Fauske, Moths of North Dakota)

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

2.	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.

3.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

4.	Phylogenetic studies and modern classification of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) M. Alma Solis. 2007. Revista Colombiana de Entomología 33 (1): 1-9.

Contributed by Cotinis on 20 October, 2004 - 10:48pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 19 March, 2016 - 9:05pm

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