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Species Fissicrambus albilineellus - Hodges#5384

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 Fissicrambus
Species albilineellus (Fissicrambus albilineellus - Hodges#5384)

Hodges Number

5384

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Fissicrambus albilineellus (Fernald, 1893)
Crambus albilineellus Fernald 1893

Numbers

There are nine species of the genus Fissicrambus in America north of Mexico.

Size

Fernald (1896) listed the wingspan as 26 mm. (1)

Range

Southern California.

Season

The main flight period appears to be June and July.

Food

Fernald (1896) stated the host plant was unknown. (1)

Print References

Fernald, C.H., 1893. The Canadian Entomologist, 25: 94.
Fernald, C.H., 1896. The Crambidae of North America. Massachusetts Agricultural College, 55; plate 2, fig. 5. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Works Cited

1.The Crambidae of North America
Charles Henry Fernald. 1896. Massachusetts Agricultural College.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 7:21pm

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