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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) » Crambus » Crambus hamella - Hodges#5340 (Crambus hamella)

Species Crambus hamella - Hodges#5340

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Unknown Moth - Crambus hamella moth - Crambus hamella - male genitalia - Crambus hamella - male
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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 Crambus
Species hamella (Crambus hamella - Hodges#5340)
Hodges Number
5340
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Crambus hamella (Thunberg, 1794)
Tinea hamella Thunberg, 1788
Numbers
The genus Crambus includes more than 41 species in America north of Mexico. . (1), (2)
Size
The wingspan averages 18–23 mm.
Identification
Range
Scattered records across northern North America and the southern plains; also occurs in much of Europe and Asia.
Season
The adults appear to be most common from July to September. (2)
Food
The larval host plant is various grass species.
Print References
Thunberg, 1788. Mus. Nat. Acad. Upsal. 6: 78.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
UK Moths
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 August, 2013 - 11:17pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2
Last updated 23 September, 2018 - 3:30pm

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