Lepidoptera788 species

Family Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae)

Crambidae is a family in the order Lepidoptera. Browse 788 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Crambidae (788)

Floridian Grass-veneer Moth - Hodges#5443

Thaumatopsis floridella

Identification: The original description of Thaumatopsis fernaldella Kearfott, is available online in the print references below. The specimen he described from Key West as possibly being a form of fernaldella is believed to be floridella .

Thaumatopsis magnificus - Hodges#5440

Thaumatopsis magnificus

Identification: Adult: forewing long and slender with pointed apex, color dull yellow with thick white stripes running length of wing; main stripe begins near base in upper half of wing and splits into two in AM area, each branch splitting again in P

Thaumatopsis mayelisae - Hodges#5445.1

Thaumatopsis mayelisae

Identification: Males have have strongly pectinate antennae; females with shortly pectinate antennae (Landry 2025).

Thaumatopsis pectinifer - Hodges#5447

Thaumatopsis pectinifer

Identification: Description is online. Determined by Brian Scholtens . Considered a serious pest of corn.

Woolly Grass-veneer Moth - Hodges#5439

Thaumatopsis pexellus

Identification: Yellowish gray forewing with a narrow whitish line from wing base to just beyond the reniform. The white line is bordered by a thicker dark brown line. Brown oblique line to near apex. Terminal line is 3-5 dark dots. Male antennae are

Thaumatopsis solutellus - Hodges#5449

Thaumatopsis solutellus

Thaumatopsis solutellus - Hodges#5449 (Thaumatopsis solutellus) is a species in the family Crambidae, commonly known as crambid snout moths, belonging to the order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths). It is classified within the subfamily Crambinae,

Udea abstrusa - Hodges#5100

Udea abstrusa

Identification: Similar in size and appearance to itysalis and radiosalis . Labial palpus 3.5 to 4 times as long as diameter of eye, exceeding head by 1.25 to 1.5 times length of latter. Antenna of male compressed, of female filiform, pubescent in bo

Rusty-dot Pearl

Udea ferrugalis

Wingspan 18 to 22 mm. The rusty orange ground colour and blackish markings on the forewing help to identify this species. Like several of its congeners, it shows distinctively whitish legs. Can occur at almost any time of the year, sometimes in large

Udea indistinctalis - Hodges#5090

Udea indistinctalis

Udea indistinctalis - Hodges#5090 (Udea indistinctalis) is a species in the family Crambidae, commonly known as crambid snout moths, belonging to the order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths). It is classified within the subfamily Spilomelinae, tribe

Udea lutealis

Wingspan 23-26 mm. This is fairly easily recognised by the pale creamy forewings and darker cross-lines and outlined shapes. Waste ground, gardens and woodland edges. Flying at night between July and August. The caterpillars live in the spring on a w

Udea olivalis

Wingspan 24-28 mm. Mostly greyish-brown on the upperwing with a distinctively-shaped central white spot and one or two other whitish markings - this is a fairly easily recognised species. The caterpillars feed on a variety of herbaceous plants. It is

Udea profundalis - Hodges#5080

Udea profundalis

Identification: This species ( profundalis ) is easily distinguished from the Old World U. ferrugalis (Hübner) and from the eastern U. rubigalis (Packard) by the genitalia. U. profundalis averages appreciably larger, and tends to have the reniform mo

Udea prunalis

Wingspan 20-24 mm. Quite a dark species overall but characterised by the distinctive whitish underbody and legs. Various habitats but it is particularly associated with Blackthorn. This nocturnal species flies in June and July. The larvae feed on a w

Udea washingtonalis - Hodges#5081

Udea washingtonalis

Identification: Adult: forewing white with dark brown band extending from middle of costa half-way to inner margin; AM and PM lines broken and/or indistinct; black spots along outer margin and distal half of costa; pale yellowish shading in median ar

Usingeriessa brunnildalis - Hodges#4768

Usingeriessa brunnildalis

Identification: Original description online: ( Elophila brunnildalis ) This species is very similar to Usingeriessa onyxalis , differing mainly by the indistinct apical patch on the FW, not contrasting much with the dusky terminal band; the HW is gen

Usingeriessa onyxalis - Hodges#4767

Usingeriessa onyxalis

Identification: General coloration dark brown and the maculation is crisp and contrasting compared to U. brunnildalis . Forewings with wide dark basal area, followed by a narrow dark AM line. The median area is lighter, but heavily dusted with dark s

Curve-lined Vaxi - Hodges#5465

Vaxi auratella

Identification: Adult: forewing white with median orange or yellowish band; band widens toward inner margin where it connects with narrow terminal line and fringe of same color hindwing grayish-white.

Straight-lined Vaxi - Hodges#5466

Vaxi critica

Identification: Adult: forewing silvery white with yellow or orange median band that does not widen distally near inner margin; terminal band and fringe yellow or orange (same color as median band); hindwing white

Vaxi nr-auratellus - Hodges#5465.17

Vaxi nr-auratellus

Vaxi nr. auratellus (Clemens, 1860) is a an undescribed species "in the opinion of the late A. B. Kolts".

Vaxi tripsacas - Hodges#5467

Vaxi tripsacas

Identification: Dyar original description as Crambus tripsacas is available online in the print references. Summary: White forewing has three bold dark spots in the median area. Thorax has two dark yellow longitudinal stripes.

Xanthophysa Moth - Hodges#4879

Xanthophysa psychicalis

Identification: "Expands 14 mm. Antennae, thorax and abdomen light ochreous ; front white ; between the antenna, and at summit of thorax, and on fore wings rich yellow ; fore wings crossed by two white lines, the basal straight, the outer bent outwar

Xanthostege plana - Hodges#4990

Xanthostege plana

Identification: Forewing dark yellow with contrasting pinkish-red fringe and no other markings. Hindwings are translucent. Body is pale yellow as is the ventral side of all wings.

Xubida dentilineatella - Hodges#5504

Xubida dentilineatella

Identification: see Klots, 1970 ( 4 ) and Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 in Print References Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). ( 5 )

Xubida panalope - Hodges#5500

Xubida panalope

Identification: "As Dyar pointed out the dark intervenous line running from the end of the discal cell to the outer margin is usually lighter than the intervenous lines in the other cells, giving the impression of a pale ray running out from the cell