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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) » Loxocrambus

Genus Loxocrambus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Loxocrambus hospition Moth - Loxocrambus canellus Unidentified Crambid - Loxocrambus canellus Unidentified Crambid - Loxocrambus canellus Possible Loxocrambus awemensis - Loxocrambus Thaumatopsis repandus. ? - Loxocrambus Loxocrambus coloradellus - Loxocrambus coloradellus Moth - NM - Loxocrambus
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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 Loxocrambus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Loxocrambus Forbes, 1920 (1)
Numbers
There are five species of the genus Loxocrambus in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)
Loxocrambus coloradellus (Fernald, 1893)
Loxocrambus canellus Forbes, 1920
Loxocrambus mohaviellus Forbes, 1920
Loxocrambus awemensis McDunnough, 1929
Loxocrambus hospition (Bleszynski, 1963)
Print References
Forbes, W.T..M., 1920. Notes on the Crambinae (Lepidoptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 28: 216 (key), 225. (1)
Works Cited
1.Notes on the Crambinae (Lepidoptera)
W. T. M. Forbes. 1920. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 28: 214-227.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 August, 2013 - 7:07pm
Last updated 17 August, 2013 - 10:13pm

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