Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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

Unidentified Crambid - Loxocrambus canellus Could this be a Loxocrambus awemensis ? - Loxocrambus coloradellus Could this be a Loxocrambus awemensis ? - Loxocrambus coloradellus Possible Loxocrambus awemensis - Loxocrambus L coloradellus - Loxocrambus coloradellus Thaumatopsis repandus. ? - Loxocrambus Thaumatopsis repandus. ? - Loxocrambus Loxocrambus coloradellus - Loxocrambus coloradellus
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
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

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo