Neodactria caliginosellus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Neodactria
- Species
- Neodactria caliginosellus
- Scientific Name
- Neodactria caliginosellus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Neodactria caliginosellus
Neodactria caliginosellus, the corn root webworm or black grass-veneer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Alberta, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina and Tennessee. The habitat consists of grassy areas and fields.
The larvae feed on turf grasses and corn stalks. They have a pale white to gray body.
...Neodactria caliginosellus in languages:
- English
- Black Grass-veneer
- English
- Corn Root Webworm Moth
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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