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

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: pexellus (Zeller, 1863) (Crambus) - MONA 1983: 5439 ssp. a. pexellus (Zeller, 1863) (Crambus); TL: Georgia.  longipalpus Morrison, 1875 (Thaumatopsis); TL: St. Louis, MO.  macropterellus (Zeller, 1863) (Crambus); TL: North America. ssp. b. gibsonella Kearfott, 1908 (Thaumatopsis); TL: Rostrevor, ON. ssp. c. coloradella Kearfott, 1908 (Thaumatopsis); TL: Pueblo, Durango, or Denver, CO or San Luis Obispo, CA. ssp. d. strictalis (Dyar, 1914) (Ubida); TL: Zacualpan, Mexico.  idion Dyar, 1919 (Thaumatopsis); TL: Mexico, Mexico City.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not 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 Species Page at iNaturalist Zeller, P.C., 1863. Chilonidarum et Crambidarum genera et species. Wiegandt & Hempel, Meseritz & Berlin, pp. 48.

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