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Crambidae
80a1472 – 5439   Thaumatopsis pexellus (Zeller, 1863)
             Woolly Grass-veneer

© Carl Barrentine
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Synonymy:
  • pexellus (Zeller, 1863) (Crambus) - MONA 1983: 5439
  • ssp. a. pexellus (Zeller, 1863) (Crambus) - MONA 1983: 5439
      Type locality: Georgia.
  • longipalpus Morrison, 1875 (Thaumatopsis) (synonym of ssp. pexellus)
      Type locality: St. Louis, MO.
  • macropterellus (Zeller, 1863) (Crambus) (synonym of ssp. pexellus)
      Type locality: North America.
  • ssp. b. gibsonella Kearfott, 1908 (Thaumatopsis)
      Type locality: Rostrevor, ON.
  • ssp. c. coloradella Kearfott, 1908 (Thaumatopsis)
      Type locality: Pueblo, Durango, or Denver, CO or San Luis Obispo, CA.
  • ssp. d. strictalis (Dyar, 1914) (Ubida)
      Type locality: Zacualpan, Mexico.
  • idion Dyar, 1919 (Thaumatopsis) (synonym of ssp. strictalis)
      Type locality: Mexico, Mexico City.
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Kearfott, W.D., 1908. Descriptions of new species of North American crambid moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 35 (1649): 386 (coloradella); 387 (gibsonella); 391 (pexellus).
    • Morrison, H.K., 1875. Descriptions of new Noctuidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17: 161.
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Zeller, P.C., 1863. Chilonidarum et Crambidarum genera et species. Wiegandt & Hempel, Meseritz & Berlin, pp. 48.
    Thaumatopsis pexellus
    © Bob Martin
    Thaumatopsis pexellus
    © Arlo Pelegrin - [T]
    Thaumatopsis pexellus
    © C. Van Den Broeke
    Thaumatopsis pexellus
    25mm – © Charles D. Bird
    Thaumatopsis pexellus
    © Hugh McGuinness
    Thaumatopsis pexellus
    © Jim Vargo
    Thaumatopsis pexellus
    - Type - longipalpus - LG(cc) USNM
    Thaumatopsis pexellus
    - Type - gibsonella - LG(cc) USNM

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