Biology:Thaumatopsis floridella

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Short description: Species of moth

Thaumatopsis floridella
Scientific classification edit
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
Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
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

Wikidata ☰ Q14478474 entry