Crambus

Crambus
Crambus lathoniellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Crambus
Fabricius, 1798
Type species
Phalaena pascuella
Synonyms [1]
  • Argyroteuchia Hübner, 1825
  • Chilus Billberg, 1820
  • Palparia Haworth, 1811
  • Tetrachila Hübner, 1822

The genus Crambus includes around 155 species of moths in the family Crambidae, distributed globally. The adult stages are called crambid snout moths (a name shared with the rest of the family Crambidae, to distinguish them from Pyralidae snout moths), while the larvae of Crambus and the related genus Herpetogramma are the sod webworms,[2] which can damage grasses.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NHM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ James A. Reinert (1976). "Control of sod webworms (Herpetogramma spp. and Crambus spp.) on bermudagrass". Journal of Economic Entomology. 69 (5): 669–672. doi:10.1093/jee/69.5.669.