Thaumatopsis
Encyclopedia
Thaumatopsis is a genus
of moth
s of the Crambidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Crambidae
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of Lepidoptera . They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae taking up closely folded postures on grass-stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in...
family.
Species
- Thaumatopsis actuellus Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
- Thaumatopsis atomosella Kearfott, 1908
- Thaumatopsis bolterellus (Fernald, 1887)
- Thaumatopsis crenulatella Kearfott, 1908
- Thaumatopsis digrammellus (Hampson, 1919)
- Thaumatopsis edonis (Grote, 1880)
- Thaumatopsis fernaldella Kearfott, 1905
- Thaumatopsis fieldella Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
- Thaumatopsis floridella Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
- Thaumatopsis magnificus (Fernald, 1891)
- Thaumatopsis melchiellus (Druce, 1896)
- Thaumatopsis pectinifer (Zeller, 1877)
- Thaumatopsis pexellus (Zeller, 1863)
- Thaumatopsis repandus (Grote, 1880)
- Thaumatopsis solutellus (Zeller, 1863)