Thaumatopsis floridella

Thaumatopsis floridella
Scientific 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. 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. It is also found in Cuba.

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

References

  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.