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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 ainslieellus - Hodges#5354 (Crambus ainslieellus)

Species Crambus ainslieellus - Hodges#5354

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Crambus ainsliellus - Hodges #5354 - Crambus ainslieellus
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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 ainslieellus (Crambus ainslieellus - Hodges#5354)
Hodges Number
5354
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Crambus ainsliellus Klots, 1942 (1)
Numbers
There are more than 42 species of the genus Crambus in America north of Mexico.
Size
Wingspan 21-29 mm.
Range
British Columbia, Montana, and Iowa to Nova Scotia and Maine; Colorado(?). (2), (3)
Food
The larvae are thought to feed on grasses (Poaceae).
Print References
(4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Moths of North Dakota
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.North American Crambus (Pyralididae) II new species.
Alexander B. Klots. 1942. American Museum Novitates 1191: .
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.
4.Sod webworm moths (Pyralidae: Crambidae) in South Dakota
B. McDaniel, G. Fauske, R. D. Gustin. 1984. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 38(3): 149-164.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 November, 2013 - 3:10pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 1 November, 2015 - 4:31am

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