Pediasia abnaki: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Pediasia
Species
Pediasia abnaki
Scientific Name
Pediasia abnaki

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pediasia abnaki

Pediasia abnaki is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Alexander Barrett Klots in 1942. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine, Michigan, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Alberta, Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick. The habitat consists of grasslands. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.

The larvae probably feed on the roots of grasses.

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Pediasia abnaki
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Pediasia abnaki
©Fritz McEvoy, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pediasia abnaki
©Fritz McEvoy, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pediasia abnaki
©Fritz McEvoy, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pediasia abnaki
©Karl Kroeker, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Pediasia abnaki
©Karl Kroeker, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)