Thaumatopsis pexellus

Thaumatopsis pexellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Thaumatopsis
Species:	T. pexellus
Binomial name
	Thaumatopsis pexellus; (Zeller, 1863)
Synonyms
	Crambus pexellus Zeller, 1863; Crambus macropterellus Zeller, 1863; Thaumatopsis longipalpus Morrison, 1874; Ubida pexellus strictalis Dyar, 1914; Thaumatopsis idion Dyar, 1919;

Thaumatopsis pexellus, the woolly grass-veneer, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Zeller in 1863.^[1] It is found in most of North America.^[2] The habitat consists of grasslands.

The wingspan is 21–32 mm. The forewings are yellowish grey with a whitish line, the outer half bounded above by a thicker dark brown line. There is a terminal row of three to five dark dots.^[3] Adults are on wing from July to early September in most of the range.

The larvae feed on various grasses.^[4]

Subspecies

Thaumatopsis pexellus pexellus
Thaumatopsis pexellus coloradella Kearfott, 1908 (Colorado, California, Alberta)
Thaumatopsis pexellus gibsonella Kearfott, 1908
Thaumatopsis pexellus strictalis (Dyar, 1914) (Mexico)

References

^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
^ mothphotographersgroup
^ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
^ Bug Guide

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[1] "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[2] thphotographersgroup

[3] University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

[4] Bug Guide

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