Microcrambus biguttellus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Microcrambus
- Species
- Microcrambus biguttellus
- Scientific Name
- Microcrambus biguttellus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Microcrambus biguttellus
Microcrambus biguttellus, the gold-stripe grass-veneer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1920. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. It has also been recorded from Cuba and Puerto Rico.
The length of the forewings is about 8 mm. Adults are on wing between May and September in most of the range, but year round in Florida.
The larvae feed on grasses.
...Microcrambus biguttellus in languages:
- English
- Gold-stripe Grass-veneer
- English
- Gold-striped Grass-veneer
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Microcrambus atristrigellus
- Microcrambus belliferens
- Microcrambus biguttellus
- Microcrambus copelandi
- Microcrambus croesus
- Microcrambus discludellus
- Microcrambus elegans
- Microcrambus elpenor
- Microcrambus eucosmella
- Microcrambus flemingi
- Microcrambus francescellus
- Microcrambus hippuris
- Microcrambus holothurion
- Microcrambus jolas
- Microcrambus kimballi
- Microcrambus leticiensis
- Microcrambus matheri
- Microcrambus minor
- Microcrambus podalirius
- Microcrambus polingi
- Microcrambus psythiella
- Microcrambus pusionellus
- Microcrambus retuselloides
- Microcrambus retusellus
- Microcrambus rotarellus
- Microcrambus strabelos
- Microcrambus subretusellus
- Microcrambus tactellus































































































































































