Thaumatopsis pexellus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Thaumatopsis
- Species
- Thaumatopsis pexellus
- Scientific Name
- Thaumatopsis pexellus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Thaumatopsis pexellus
Thaumatopsis pexellus, the woolly grass-veneer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1863. It is found in most of North America. The habitat consists of grasslands.
The wingspan is 21–32 mm. Adults are on wing from July to early September in most of the range.
The larvae feed on various grasses.
...Thaumatopsis pexellus in languages:
- English
- Woolly Grass-veneer Moth
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