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Thaumatopsis floridella

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Thaumatopsis floridella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Thaumatopsis
Species:
T. floridella
Binomial name
Thaumatopsis floridella
Synonyms
  • Thaumatopsis floridalis Klots, 1983

Thaumatopsis floridella, the Floridian grass-veneer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from coastal areas in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island.[2] It is also found in Cuba.

The wingspan is 23–31 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ^ "800854.00 – 5443 – Thaumatopsis floridella – Floridian Grass-veneer Moth – Barnes & McDunnough, 1913". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 9, 2019.